Milwaukee's Menagerie: Gertie the Duck
Have you ever crossed the Wisconsin Avenue bridge and gone ‘Wait, why is there a four foot duck statue here?’ Well wonder no longer, person who has never Googled that question!
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The Great Gatsby published 90 years ago today
On April 10, 1925, exactly 90 years ago today, the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published by Charles Scribner's Sons. To observe the occasion, Time magazine has posted the original 1925 Time book review of The Great Gatsby. Although now considered one of the great American novels of the 20th century, it was not immediately obvious that the book would attain…
Read moreLee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House
The surrender of Lee's Army on April 9, 1865 set the stage for the conclusion of the Civil War. Commemorate the Sesquicentennial with these books!
Read moreMilwaukee's Menagerie: Sim the Library Lion
Way before an animated Simba the lion would inherit everything the light touches, there was a Simba the lion who lived in the downtown library building.
Read moreIt's All in the Title
These books all explore topics in great detail with titles that, in one word, state what the book is about.
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