The Wisconsin Traveler's Companion: A Guide to Country Sights

by Jerry Apps

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 091502456X
• ISBN13: 9780915024568
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Trails Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Wisconsin's Countryside

In The Wisconsin Traveler's Companion, Jerry Apps and Julie Sutter-Blair introduce the reader to the sights one might see in the Wisconsin countryside. Unlike many guides, this isn't limited to wildlife and/or attractions. Rather, the reader is introduced to the variety of rural structures, wild and domestic plants and animals, and landscapes one can expect to encounter on Wisconsin's byways. Agricultural-themed sights are a particular emphasis. This book is really a quite unique resource, providing descriptions and drawings of many of the commonplace, but not often comprehended, features of Wisconsin's rural lands. Despite having grown up in the countryside of Wisconsin, this book made apparent that the variety of farm structures and much of the variety of domestic animals in Wisconsin had eluded my notice. Read this book then go for a drive down any Wisconsin county highway and you can't help but see with transformed eyes. My only issue with the book is its brevity and its apparent incompleteness, that is, this book is too small for its thesis. I would not hesitate, however, to pick up an extended version.

One of the best Wisconsin travel guides to date.

In The Wisconsin Traveler's Companion, author and Wisconsin native Jerry Apps brings to life and carefully explains the sights of rural Wisconsin: its landscape, farmsteads, crops, rural buildings, roadside animals, birds and flowers, planting and harvesting cycles, and more. Readers will learn the differences between Jersey and Brown Swiss diary cattle, Finnish and Swedish style barns, and wild flowers from the columbine to the geranium. Whether day tripping, vacationing, or simply traveling the state, The Wisconsin Traveler's Companion is an invaluable resource enhanced throughout with beautiful illustrations by Julie Sutter-Blair.