About the Author

Eileen McMahon is assistant professor of history at Lewis University. Theodore Karamanski is professor of history at Loyola University.

Reviews

This excellent book will inform newcomers to the valley about the history of their new home, and it will give all readers a better understanding of how successive waves of people have interacted with and altered the natural landscapes of the area. - Robert Gough, author of Farming the Cutover: A Social History of Northern Wisconsin, 1900-1940