Cover of Wisconsin Death Trip

Wisconsin Death Trip

First published in 1973, this remarkable book about life in a small turn-of-the-century Wisconsin town has become a cult classic. Lesy has collected and arranged photographs taken between 1890 and 1910 by a Black River Falls photographer, Charles Van Schaik.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 264 pages

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