John Gurda (born 9 June 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American writer and historian. Gurda's book, The Making of Milwaukee, was turned into an Emmy...
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John Gurda
0870203479
John Gurda
0870203754
John Gurda
0938076140
John Gurda
0961201002
1947
Historian • Columnist
History
Studied at:University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee • Boston College
Specialty:American writer
Writer from Wisconsin
Award:Winner
Published by Historic Milwaukee, Inc., this 466-page book is the most comprehensive account of grassroots Milwaukee ever published. Based on a popular series of posters published by the City of Milwaukee in the 1980s, the book features both historical chronicles and contemporary portraits of 37 neig...
John Gurda
Hardcover
466
Historic Milwaukee, Inc.
0692451897
9780692451892
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The Bradley Legacy is the history of Lynde and Harry Bradley and the company they started and built - the Allen-Bradley Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Bradley Legacy tells the story of the Foundation that was created in their name - The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.
John Gurda
Hardcover
170
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
0966878205
9780966878202
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In this all-new addition to the People of Wisconsin series, author Susan Mikos traces the history of Polish immigrants as they settled in America’s northern heartland. The second largest immigrant population after Germans, Poles put down roots in all corners of the state, from the industrial center ...
Susan Gibson Mikos
Paperback
136
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
087020422X
9780870204227
3
Cream City Chronicles is a collection of lively stories about the people, the events, the landmarks, and the institutions that have made Milwaukee a unique American community. These stories represent the best of historian John Gurda’s popular Sunday columns that have appeared in the Milwaukee Journa...
John Gurda
Hardcover
320
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
0870203754
9780870203756
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These words call up an image of an ethnic, industrial town whose skyline is thick with smokestacks and steeples, a place whose character can be summed up in another "B" word: blue-collar. It's true that Milwaukee's German accent was unmistakable in the 1880s; it was the Beer Capital of the World; an...
John Gurda
Hardcover
468
Milwaukee County Historical Society
0938076140
9780938076148
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The Making of "A Good Name in Industry": A History of the Falk Corporation, 1892-1992. Excellent history on Falk Corporation, now a part of Rexnord Industries. My local Milwaukee historian John Gurda.
John Gurda
Paperback
192
The Falk Corporation
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A pictoral and narrative history of the Miller Brewing Company, founded in 1855 by Frederick J. Miller.
John Gurda
Hardcover
180
Miller Brewing Company
0970361351
9780970361356
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The book is brand new and will be shipped from US.
Hardcover
Milwaukee County Historical Society
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