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Wisconsin Death Trip

Wisconsin Death Trip Paperback / softback - 2000

by Michael Lesy

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First published in 1973, this remarkable book about life in a small, turn-of-the-century Wisconsin town has become a cult classic. Lesy has collected photos taken between 1890 and 1910 by a Black River Falls photographer, Charles Van Schaik, and juxtaposed them against newspaper accounts and state asylum and police records.

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Paperback / softback. New. This book is about life in a small turn-of-the-century Wisconsin town. Lesy has collected and arranged photographs taken between 1890 and 1910. Against these are juxtaposed excerpts from the Badger State Banner, from the Mendota State (asylum) Record Book, and occasionally quotations from the writings of Hamlin Garland and Glenway Wescott.
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  • Title Wisconsin Death Trip
  • Author Michael Lesy
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition 2 Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 148
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque
  • Date 2000-01-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780826321930
  • ISBN 9780826321930 / 0826321933
  • Weight 1.89 lbs (0.86 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.51 x 11.09 x 0.63 in (21.62 x 28.17 x 1.60 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Great Lakes
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Geographic Orientation: Wisconsin
  • Library of Congress subjects Black River Falls (Wis.) - History - 19th, Black River Falls (Wis.) - Economic
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99038416
  • Dewey Decimal Code 977.551

About this book

First published in 1973, this remarkable book about life in a small, turn-of-the-century Wisconsin town has become a cult classic. Lesy has collected photos taken between 1890 and 1910 by a Black River Falls photographer, Charles Van Schaik, and juxtaposed them against newspaper accounts and state asylum and police records.

From the rear cover

A shocking portrait of a small town crumbling--socially, morally, physically and emotionally--under the impact of the great depression of the 1890s. This cult classic is now available again in paperback.

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  • Library Journal, 04/15/2000, Page 129
  • New York Times, 02/27/2000, Page 36

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