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Going for Wisconsin Gold
Author | : Jessie Garcia |
Publsiher | : Wisconsin Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2016-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780870207662 |
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U-S-A , U-S-A is a familiar refrain heard in every Olympics, but truly it could be Wis-con-sin! Since pioneering hurdler Alvin Kraenzlein got his start here in the 1890s, the Badger State has nurtured, trained, or schooled more than 400 Olympic athletes in a vast array of sports. Wisconsin’s varied landscape and climate accommodate serious athletes whether they compete on ice, on snow, in the water, or on terra firma. We tend to bring a Midwestern work ethic to our endeavors, and our Olympians have often been hailed in the press and in public as being among the most humble and down-to-earth people around. Our state boasts a thriving youth sports culture where many homegrown athletes get their start; others are drawn here by our world-class universities, athletic facilities, and coaching talent. No matter how an athlete comes to Wisconsin, the state becomes part of his or her Olympic story. In Going for Wisconsin Gold, author Jessie Garcia provides insights into the lives of athletes who grew up or spent time in Wisconsin on their journey to the Olympic Games. She shares some of our competitors most captivating tales—from those that have become legend, like Dan Jansen’s heartbreaking falls and subsequent magical gold, to unlikely brushes with glory (do you know which Green Bay Packer was almost an Olympic high jumper?). Featuring the athletes’ personal stories, many of them told here in detail for the first time, plus pictures from their private collections, Going for Wisconsin Gold provides a new and deeper understanding of the sacrifices, joy, pain, heartbreak, and complete dedication it takes to reach the world’s grandest sporting competition.
The History of Wisconsin Volume II
Author | : Richard N. Current |
Publsiher | : Wisconsin Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 701 |
Release | : 2013-03-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780870206290 |
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This second volume in the History of Wisconsin series introduces us to the first generation of statehood, from the conversion of prairie and forests into farmland to the development of cities and industry. In addition, this volume presents a synthesis of the Civil War and Reconstruction era in Wisconsin. Scarcely a decade after entering the Union, the state was plunged into the nationwide debate over slavery, the secession crisis, and a war in which 11,000 "Badger Boys in Blue" gave their lives. Wisconsin's role in the Civil War is chronicled, along with the post-war years. Complete with photographs from the Historical Society's collections, as well as many pertinent maps, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in this era of Wisconsin's history.
Tinged with Gold
Author | : Michael A. Tomlan |
Publsiher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780820346748 |
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Tomlan explores all aspects of hop culture in the United States and provides a background for understanding the buildings devoted to drying, baling, and storing hops. The work considers the history of these structures as it illustrates their development over almost two centuries, the result of agrarian commercialism and technological improvement.
California Gold
Author | : Catherine Hiebert Kerst,Library of Congress |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Ethnomusicology |
ISBN | : 9780520391314 |
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California Gold offers a compelling cultural snapshot of a diverse California during the 1930s at the height of the New Deal, drawing on the career of folk music collector Sidney Robertson and the musical culture of often-unheard voices. Robertson--an intrepid young woman armed only with a map, her notebooks, and the recording equipment of the time--proposed and directed a New Deal initiative, the WPA California Folk Music Project, designed to survey musical traditions from a wide range of English-speaking and immigrant communities in Northern California. In California Gold, Catherine Hiebert Kerst explores Robertson's distinctive and modern approach to fieldwork and examines the numerous ethnographic documentary materials she generated with WPA project staff to capture a cross-section of the music that people were actively performing in their communities. Kerst highlights some of the most notable songs, images, and ephemera of the collection, capturing and contextualizing the diverse musical traditions that California immigrant communities performed during the New Deal era. Kerst also foregrounds the ethnographic insights and accomplishments of a significant woman folk music collector who has received less attention than she deserves.
A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train Across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer
Author | : Washington Bailey |
Publsiher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1915-01-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781465517777 |
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Mathematics and Science Achievement in Wisconsin 1998
Author | : Cynthia D. Prince |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Academic achievement |
ISBN | : PURD:32754068930514 |
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Myth O Mania Go for the Gold Atalanta
Author | : Kate McMullan |
Publsiher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2012-03 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781434246837 |
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A retelling, with a modern spin, of the Greek myth in which Atalanta finally agrees to marry but only if the man can outrun her in a footrace.