The Wisconsin Traveler's Companion: A Guide to Country Sights

by Jerry Apps

used book, Wisconsin, country living, reference

207 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

About the author

Jerold W. Apps, born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of more than 30 books, many of them on rural history and country life. His nonfiction books include: Living a Country Year, Every Farm Tells a Story, When Chores Were Done, Humor from the Country, Country Ways and Country Days, One-Room Schools, Cheese, Breweries of Wisconsin, Ringlingville USA (History of Ringling Brothers circus), Old Farm: A History, Barns of Wisconsin, Horse Drawn Days: A Century of Farming With Horses, and Campfires and Loon Calls. His children's books include: Stormy, Eat Rutabagas, Tents, Tigers and the Ringling Brothers, and Casper Jaggi: Master Swiss Cheese Maker. He has an audio book, The Back Porch and Other Stories. Jerry has published four novels, The Travels of Increase Joseph, In a Pickle: A Family Farm Story, Blue Shadows Farm and Cranberry Red. Jerry is a former publications editor for UW-Extension, an acquisitions editor for the McGraw-Hill Book Company, and editor of a national professional journal.

Jerry has won awards for his writing from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Library Association (the 2007 Notable Authors Award), American Library Association, Foreword Magazine, Midwest Independent Publishers Association, Robert E. Gard Foundation, The Wisconsin Council for Writers (the 2007 Major Achievement Award), Upper Midwest Booksellers, and Barnes and Noble Bookstores, among others. In 2010 he received the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Check www.jerryapps.com for more information.

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I purchased this book in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin on July 11, 1997, the sales receipt is tucked between the pages. It’s about time I got around to actually reading it instead of just leafing through the pages. Filled with 200 pages of what the traveler is likely to see as they explore the countryside. I wish that there was a map included in the book. Many references are make to certain counties, since I only know where a handful of the counties are located a map would have been helpful.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful, nostalgic book all about Wisconsin with beautiful illustrations.