DescriptionThe roads around Hayward still rattle with logging trucks, but lumbering no longer supports the region. The area has evolved into a haven for go-cart tracks, water parks, varied family resorts, summer camps, a wildlife museum, the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame (a Shrine to the World's Anglers"), and best of all, the annual Lumberjack World Championships." Donald Katz visits Hayward, Wisconsin in Logrolling to view the sport and meet some of the logrolling champions. Logrolling is one of the fascinating profiles featured in The King of the Ferret Leggers and Other True Stories by award-winning journalist Donald Katz, available in audio exclusively at audible.com. It was originally published in Outside, November 1993.
DescriptionNewly widowed, still beautiful, and suddenly wealthy, Maggie Pearson Stearn has returned to Wisconsin to start a new life. Her husband's recent death has left an empty space in Maggie's heart, but she soon finds a new zest for life with a promising business venture and the rekindling of old friendships - and a love affair with her high school sweetheart. But he is married, and she finds herself caught between 2 generations of selfishness and disapproval - her mother's and her daughter's. Best selling romance author LaVyrle Spencer's Bitter Sweet is a story glowing with the integrity of determination and the joy of hard-earned rewards.
DescriptionHere is the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties told through the events of a few tumultuous days in October 1967. With meticulous and captivating detail, They Marched Into Sunlight brings that catastrophic time back to life while examining questi…
DescriptionAfter a 12-year absence, a real-life prodigal seeks to serve his hometown, New Auburn, Wisconsin, population: 485, by joining the volunteer fire and rescue department. In a place where men post claims of manhood on bug deflectors, where the local vigilant…
