Journey back to the days when neighborhood taverns were the social hubs of all small towns. Relive the days when wild revelry was the norm. Old newspaper articles and photos are highlighted throughout the book. Interviews with "old-timers" give a personal glimpse into the days when Wisconsin was wild. Taverns and towns throughout the state are featured.
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A pub crawl across Wisconsin in times gone by...,
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This review is from: Badger Bars & Tavern Tales: An Illustrated History of Wisconsin Saloons (Paperback)
Thanks to a abberation in drinking age laws between Minnesota and Wisconsin in the late 70s, I spent a GREAT deal of time in Wisconsin taverns in my late teens, so I consider myself something of an expert on the subject. This book is a fantastic, politically incorrect primer on the taverns of the land of cheese, beer and Packer fans. Come on - if you think of beer, Wisconsin automatically comes to mind, doesn't it? If you're somewhere else in America, say San Diego or Charlotte, and have never spent a frigid January Saturday night getting tipsy in a little hole-in-the-wall in the woods surrounded by earflapped yokels who have that "yah, shure!" accent just like in the movie "Fargo", this book is as close as you're gonna get. The pages bring you back to another time, before globalization and homogenization and satellite communication where "local flavor" (good or bad) actually meant something. It's obvious that this is a labor of love for the authors - they laugh along with you at the bizarre promotional ideas some of these taverns had, yet, deep down, you know they admired their threadbare earnestness. Each tavern a unique, flawed jem (well, OK, some are just plain rocks) with story after story. This is a natural for anyone interested in breweriana, Wisconsin, or a swig of the barley pop over the third Ole and Lena joke of the night - a classic!
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The drinking history of Wisconsin probably started in 1634 when a canoe riding, beaver-seeking, French fur trader named Jean Nicolet might have taken a long pull out of a travel flask, a few paddle strokes into the Fox River near the area that would become the city of Green Bay. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wildcat breweries, sporting house, wine room, real beer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eau Claire, Stevens Point, Dew Drop Inn, Mary Lou, Fountain City, Beaver Dam, Chippewa Falls, Iron River, World War, Green Bay, Park Falls, The Man Behind the Bar, Tower Avenue, Bavarian Heaven, Civil War, Diamond Town, Evening Telegram, Golden Glow, John Donahue, New London, Northern Brewery, Norwegian Hell, Buckhorn Tavern, Cad's Tavern, County Trunk New!
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The drinking history of Wisconsin probably started in 1634 when a canoe riding, beaver-seeking, French fur trader named Jean Nicolet might have taken a long pull out of a travel flask, a few paddle strokes into the Fox River near the area that would become the city of Green Bay. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wildcat breweries, sporting house, wine room, real beer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eau Claire, Stevens Point, Dew Drop Inn, Mary Lou, Fountain City, Beaver Dam, Chippewa Falls, Iron River, World War, Green Bay, Park Falls, The Man Behind the Bar, Tower Avenue, Bavarian Heaven, Civil War, Diamond Town, Evening Telegram, Golden Glow, John Donahue, New London, Northern Brewery, Norwegian Hell, Buckhorn Tavern, Cad's Tavern, County Trunk New!
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- Tangled Web by John M. Potter on page 168, and Back Matter
- Tangled Web by Janet Schultz in Back Matter
- Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy in Back Matter
- Easter Sunday by Tom Clark on page 52
- Paul Bunyan by James Stevens on page 139
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