This is a story of how ordinary people fought a 20 plus year battle to protect for future generations the pristine Wolf River from a hugh proposed copper and zinc mine in Wisconsin. It tells how a highly motivated group of Native Americans, environmental groups, sports peopls, lake and river property owners, and ordinary citizens took on and defeated politicians and some of the largest mining companies in the world.
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Michael O'Brien, a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, received his BA degree from Notre Dame University. His PhD is from University Wiscconsin- Madison. After 32 years teaching history at the University Wisconsin-Fox Valley he retired. Books by O'Brien: McCarthy and McCarthyism in Wisconsin 1981, Vince: A Personal Biography of Vince Lombardy 1987, Senator Philip Hart: the Conscience of the Senate 1996, Hesburgh: A Biography of Fr. Theodore Hesburgh 1998, Not an Ordinary Joe: A Biography of Joe Paterno 1998, John F. Kenndy: A Biography 2005, A Writing and Teaching Life: A Memoir 2007. Awards: Choice Magazine, Wisconsin Library Assn., National Catholic Press Assn., and Wisconsin Magazine of History.
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