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Northern Wisconsin: A Hand-book for the Homeseeker
by Henry, W. A
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Madison: Democrat Printing Co., 1896. Scarce guide for potential immigrants to northern Wisconsin, then only 48 years a state; replete with photos of hardy if dour rural folk and their prodigious cabbages (p. 99), heaps of potatoes (p. 93), neck-high peas (p. 83), houses, barns, and other glories of limitless possibility - if you could clear the stumps. There is a section on land & soil types, success stories, also a little on charcoal, logging, boats, railroads, sheep, cattle, other industries. The author was Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin; the book was given upon request to the Secretary, State Board of Immigration, Rhinelander. This copy has an illustrated cover with a (perished) leather spine, as pictured; it was also issued in plain green cloth. Fair: the covers (front, with a few leaves attached, rear, by itself) detached, much wear & rubbing, inner hinge 'repaired' with thick blue tape, to no avail. Text clean; [8], 192 pages, many b/w photos (nearly every other page), a few folding charts, tables, maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 9½" by 7".
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0495
- Title
- Northern Wisconsin: A Hand-book for the Homeseeker
- Author
- Henry, W. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Democrat Printing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Madison
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 9�" by 7"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Homesteaders, Agriculture, Immigration, Land Use, Settlement, Logging, Lumber, BIBLIO-LIVE-3
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Fair
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