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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gurda, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Milwaukee (Wis.)--History--Anecdotes.

Milwaukee (Wis.)--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.

Manners and customs.

Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 478 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Milwaukee journal sentinel.

Place of Publication:

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

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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.

Notes:

Place of publication from publisher's website.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gurda, John. Brewtown tales

ISBN:

9780870209994

087020999X

OCLC:

1306217169