Atlantis in Wisconsin: New Revelations About the Lost Sunken City [Paperback]

Frank Joseph (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1880090120 | ISBN-13: 978-1880090121 | Publication Date: March 1, 1995 | Edition: 1st

Long before the Vikings landed on the North American continent, there was an ancient civilization in Wisconsin. Joseph writes a compelling archaeological history about this lost Bronze Age culture found beneath the depths of Rock Lake a culture the evidence suggests had a lively copper trade with the lost continent of Atlantis! An exciting voyage into our pre-Columbian heritage.

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About the Author

Frank Joseph is the editor-in-chief of Ancient American magazine and the author of numerous books, including Atlantis in Wisconsin and The Lost Pyramids of Rock Lake and Last of the Red Devils. He lives in Colfax, Wisconsin.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Galde Press, Inc.; 1st edition (March 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880090120
• ISBN-13: 978-1880090121
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,592,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Frank Joseph has been the editor-in-chief of "Ancient American" magazine since its debut in 1993. He is the author of twenty books about prehistory re-published in as many foreign languages, including "The Atlantis Encyclopedia", "Opening the Ark of the Covenant", and "Unearthing Ancient America". Joseph is a frequent guest speaker at various metaphysical and archaeological societies in the U.S. and abroad.

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enhanced with copious notes, December 5, 2002

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Atlantis In Wisconsin by Frank Joseph is thoughtful and iconoclastic blend of metaphysics and archaeology, contemplating the possible former existence of the Atlantean civilization and a direct association with the area now known as the state of Wisconsin. From hints of Atlantean legend found in Native American folklore, to the mineralogical and archaeological mysteries hidden in Wisconsin's earth, Atlantis in Wisconsin offers an engaging and challenging hypothesis. Of particular note is a chronology described in a three page appendices called "A Rock Lake Time Line". Enhanced with copious notes, Atlantis In Wisconsin is provocative and thoroughly engaging reading. Also very highly recommended is Frank Joseph's earlier work iconoclastic work, Lost Pyramids Of Rock Lake: Wisconsin's Sunken Civilization.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars interesting, January 29, 2010

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The book is very interesting with a lot of very fine ideas. The writing itself is not very good and at times hard to follow.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The usual silliness., February 6, 2011

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This book suffers from many of the same faults as most treatments of supposedly "radical" new theories about archaeology. It relies on assertion rather than argument, and provides essentially no references for most of the claims that are made. It is riddled with factual errors (like the idea that the production and use of bronze ended with the Iron Age, which is simple untrue). The author doesn't bother to refute any of the interpretations carefully constructed from decades of archaeological research in the area. Instead, he simply says he doesn't believe them. A good example is the presence of pig tusks-- what is more believable, that pigs accompanied European explorers and shed their tusks on occasion, or that Atlanteans who mysterious arrived in North America brought them there? Despite the fact that there is no proof that Atlantis was a real place, that, even if it was, there were survivors of its destruction, that they would have been capable of traveling to North America, that they would have ended up in Wisconsin, that the local inhabitants would have happily accepted them, and that they would have established a thriving culture, Joseph find this far more credible than pigs being brought by historically well-established explorers. This isn't argument, it's simple assertion. The same strategy is used for natural phenomena that the author has decided are humanly constructed. He doesn't explain why they can't be natural, provide any evidence that they aren't natural, or any evidence that they are in fact artificial. He simply states that he thinks they are. It's also frustrating that references are rarely given for the assertions that the author makes. If readers want to find out where the information came from, they are out of luck. We are rarely told. What references are provided are almost all well out of date. One wouldn't use references about biological or chemical knowledge from sources 30 or more years old, and yet this is done frequently in this book. Sources from the early 20th century are uncritically used, as though there has been research in archaeology since then. In short, the book is riddled with incorrect information, it is internally inconsistent, the author doesn't explain why his interpretation is based on better evidence than what it wishes to replace, and the references that are used are mostly out of date. Don't bother with this book if you are really interested in archaeology and how it is used to interpret the past.