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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
ISBN-100826321933
ISBN-139780826321930
eBay Product ID (ePID)1614681
Product Key Features
Book TitleWisconsin Death Trip
Number of Pages148 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicSubjects & Themes / Historical, Sociology / General, Economic Conditions, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Sociology / Rural
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Photography, Business & Economics, History
AuthorMichael Lesy
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight30.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width11 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-038416
Dewey Edition18
Reviews"Wisconsin Death Trip has become a cult favorite, an example of hybrid nonfiction narrative about more than an era and its people in Black River Falls. Lesy created a story of the seen and unseen, the spoken and the silent in small-town America at the end of the nineteenth century. . . . In that space between knowing and not knowing, Wisconsin Death Trip becomes mesmerizing." -- River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative
Dewey Decimal917.75
SynopsisA 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., 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 and arranged photographs taken between 1890 and 1910 by a Black River Falls photographer, Charles Van Schaik.
This book is a look at the population of Black River Falls and the surrounding counties during a 20 year period (1890-1910). The demeanor of these people (and probably common of many rural communities) and the circumstances that may have precipitated them are shown in excerpts from local newspapers. Interesting, especially for me who grew up in this portion of Wisconsin and a thought provoking essay on those difficult times. Not the usual look at history.