Research Catalog

Title

Brewtown tales : more stories from Milwaukee and beyond / John Gurda.

Author

Gurda, John

Publication

[Madison, Wisconsin] : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2022]

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Details

Description

xvi, 478 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm

Summary

"John Gurda's South Side Milwaukee family loved potluck dinners. "From the Jell-O salads at the start of the line through the hot dishes in the middle and on to the pumpkin bars at the end, the food was always hearty, abundant, and certifiably homemade," he writes. Drawing from Gurda's long-running Sunday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel column, Brewtown Tales was prepared in the spirit of those fondly remembered meals. The main dish is Milwaukee history, served in a multitude of ways. You will find in these pages the biography of a bridge, a requiem for a union, tales of two shipwrecks, a frank take on segregation, and memories of the summer of '68, among many other things. There are also side dishes that convey the distinctive flavors of Wisconsin and a few more exotic places, from Vilas County to Vietnam. Brewtown Tales will satisfy your hunger, introduce you to new and unexpected tastes, and whet your appetite for more homemade history"--

Alternative Title

Milwaukee journal sentinel.

Subjects

• History
• Anecdotes
• Wisconsin > Milwaukee
• Manners and customs
• Milwaukee (Wis.) > Social life and customs > Anecdotes
• Milwaukee (Wis.) > History > Anecdotes

Genre/Form

• Anecdotes.
• History.

Note

• Place of publication from publisher's website.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

Contents

The Personal Past -- Early -- Sitting on Top of the World -- 1957 Braves Victory Was a Historic High Point -- Marching with Father Groppi -- Before Open Housing, It Was the Eagles Club -- The Long Hot Summer of 1967 -- When Flower Power Met Black Power -- Coming Unglued with America -- A Personal Look Back at the Summer of 1968 -- My Life as a Barfly -- Becoming a South Sider at Big John's Tap -- Getting Around -- The Slow Road Home -- Getting Off the Freeway, GoingBack in Time -- Pedal Power -- Bicycles Have Been Moving Milwaukee since 1876 -- From Steel Wheels to Skinny Tires -- First Trains, then Bicycles on Milwaukee's Lakefront -- Blue-Collar Capital -- Milwaukee the Innovator -- Walker's Point Intersection Spawned Some Giants -- End of the Line for A. O. Smith Plant -- America Once Rode on Milwaukee-Made Frames -- Hog Heaven -- Harley-Davidson Makes the Most of Its History -- Strong Spirits, Stronger Aroma -- Red Star Yeast Was an Olfactory Landmark -- Requiem for Local 1111 -- Shifting Paradigms on Greenfield Avenue -- Putting the "Labor" in Labor Day -- A Day for Workers, a Day for All of Us -- In the Neighborhood -- Witness to Change -- Layton Park Neighborhood Tells an Urban Story -- History on the Scrap Heap -- Foreclosures Hit Sherman Park Hard -- Before the Deer District -- A New Milwaukee Neighborhood Rises from One of Its Oldest -- New Life in an Old Square -- Near North Neighborhoods Showcase Diversity -- A Forest in the City -- Havenwoods Demonstrates the Resilience of Nature -- Siblings and Strangers -- Chicago and Milwaukee Share a Regional "Neighborhood" -- Landmarks and Landscapes -- City Hall Reborn -- $150 Million Project Saves a Civic Icon -- From Bogart to Beethoven -- Milwaukee Symphony Finds a New Home in an Old Movie Palace -- The Mansion in the Trailer Park -- Future of Nunnemacher Distillery Is in Doubt -- Wrong Turn to the Past -- Trucker Blundered onto Lake Park's Historic Lion Bridges -- Civic Center or Civic Wasteland? -- MacArthur Square Is Downtown's Dead Zone -- A South Side Landmark Restored -- Sr. Stanislaus Church Goes Back to the Past -- Used Cars in the Parlor -- Grand Avenue Mansion Has Survived, but Barely -- A Bright Idea for an Overbuilt Bridge -- Hoan Bridge Spans Decades of Controversy -- A City Built on Water -- Paddling through History -- A Memorable Day on the Milwaukee River -- Lost on the Lady Elgin -- Remembering the Worst Disaster on the Great Lakes -- In-Town Up North -- Milwaukee River Was Our Ancestors' Wisconsin Dells -- "Low Bridge, Everybody Down" -- Erie Canal Carries Bicyclists Back to Milwaukee's Roots -- Condo Canyon Echoes with History -- A New Chapter in the Milwaukee River's Story -- A Yuletide Tragedy -- "Christmas Tree Ship" Is a Great Lakes Legend -- Stream of Memories -- Kinnickinnic River Is Ripe for Rebirth -- Summertime -- A "Breathing Place" for the Masses -- National Park Offered Both Thrills and Quiet -- Close to Home -- Generations of Oohs! and Aaahs! -- Milwaukee Has Always Been Crazy about Fireworks -- Where Have All the Odors Gone (Long Time Passing)? -- Milwaukee's Air Is Thinner than It Used to Be -- Summerfest's Prehistory -- Lakefront Site Has Seen Trains, Planes, and Guided Missiles -- Our Rocky Road to the Big Leagues -- From Grays to Brewers to Braves to Brewers Again -- Personalities -- Hank, Meet Gertie -- Milwaukee's First Community Pet Was a Duck -- Beulah Brinton of Bay View -- Neighborhood Activist of 1800s Is Still a Role Model -- A Bouquet for Mr. Whitnall -- Honoring the Father of Milwaukee County's Parks -- Jay Scriba's Milwaukee -- Remembering a Journalistic Legend -- A Green Pantheon -- Five Legendary Wisconsin Conservationists -- City Hall, Northwoods Style -- Mayor Dan Hoan's "Shack" Was His Summer Retreat -- Frank P. Zeidler, 1912-2006 -- Former Mayor Was a Model Milwaukeean -- The Common Good -- Socialist Citadel -- Milwaukee Was Land of the Free, Home of the Left -- The Power of Work -- CCC Crews Remade Milwaukee's Landscape -- A Pioneering Approach to Poverty -- Elizabeth Kander's Settlement Served "the Ghetto" -- Turning on the "Lighted Schoolhouse" -- Milwaukee Recreation Division Was America's Pioneer -- A Healing Street -- Regional Medical Care Began on North Fourth -- The Other Pandemic -- Spanish Flu Presaged COVID-19 -- The Missing Middle -- American Politics Is Stuck at the Extremes -- The Nature of Things -- Saner Outside -- Spring in the Time of Coronavirus -- Robin Rudebreast -- A Dyspeptic Take on Wisconsin's Official Bird -- Epidemics in the Treetops -- Emerald Ash Borer Picks Up Where -- Dutch Elm Beetle Left Off -- Return of the Beaver -- They're Redeveloping Downtown, One Tree at a Time -- The Cost of Paper -- Witnessing the Death of a Forest -- Swimming Upstream -- Lake Sturgeon Begin Their Long Trip Back -- A Vote for Autumn -- There's Something Bigger than an Election -- Going On Out There -- A Milwaukee an Abroad -- A Polish Pilgrimage -- Search for Roots Has Unexpected Results -- Luck of the Irish -- It Was Better Here than in Ireland -- Lost and Found -- Hmong Refugees Reinvent Themselves in America -- Neighbors and Strangers -- Ein Prosit, Milwaukee! -- German Traditions Shaped the City's Character -- Latino Milwaukee -- Los Primeros Left a Rich Legacy -- "Why Can't They Be Like Us?" -- An Old Question Is Still Being Asked -- From Beaver Pelts to Poker Chips -- Intertribal Disputes Reflect the Diversity of Wisconsin Indians -- Chinese without a Chinatown -- Small Community, Colossal Homeland -- Most Segregated Metro Area? -- It's Not That Simple -- Birth Pangs of a New Understanding -- A White Historian Reflects on Black Lives Matter -- Wisconsin Winters -- In Praise of True Winter -- Finding Cold Comfort in the Ice and Snow -- Skating into the Past -- A Memorable Trip to Thiensville -- The End of Winter? -- Our Ancestors Also Felt the Heat -- Sometimes -- The Personal Past -- Late -- Memory Lane -- Sometimes It's a State Highway -- Deep in the Heart of Dairyland -- Holstein Sale Tells a Wisconsin Story -- Owning the Past -- Thoughts on Turning Seventy -- The Generation Before -- My Parents' Struggles Put COVID-19 in Perspective -- Rest in Peace, Naturally -- Green Burial Is One Way to Go -- A Life in History -- Fifty Years of 1099s.

Call Number

JFD 23-602

ISBN

• 9780870209994
• 087020999X

LCCN

• 2022013669
• 40031428104

OCLC

• 1306217169
• 1306217169

Author

Gurda, John author.

Title

Brewtown tales : more stories from Milwaukee and beyond / John Gurda.

Publisher

[Madison, Wisconsin] : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2022]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes index.

Added Title

Milwaukee journal sentinel.

Other Form:

Online version: Gurda, John. Brewtown tales [Madison, WI] : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2022] 9781976600005 (DLC) 2022013670

Other Standard Identifier

40031428104

Sudoc No.

HIS.2:B 74/2022 widocs

Research Call Number

JFD 23-602