Wisconsin death trip
By: [compiled by] Michael Lesy ; with a preface by Warren Susman.
Contributors: Van Schaick, Charles.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Subjects: Depressions -- 1893 -- Wisconsin -- Black River Falls -- Pictorial works; Black River Falls (Wis.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works; Black River Falls (Wis.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources; Black River Falls (Wis.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century -- Pictorial works; Black River Falls (Wis.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.; Sources.
Other titles: Badger State banner.
Description: A shocking portrait of a small town crumbling-socially, morally, physically and emotionally-under the impact of the great depression of the 1890s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c1973.
Consists chiefly of excerpts from the Badger State banner, Black River Falls, Wis., for the years 1885-1900 and of photos. taken by Charles Van Schaick from 1890 to 1910.