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Publisher: The Guest Cottage, Inc., 2003.
Soft Cover, 176 pages, 10 x 7.
Item #1316
Journey back to the days when neighborhood taverns were the social hubs of all small towns in Wisconsin. Relive the days when wild revelry was the norm. Old newspaper articles and photos are highlighted throughout the book. Interviews with "oldtimers" give a personal glimpse into the days when Wisconsin was wild. Taverns and towns throughout the state are featured. "Let"s just say that the significance of taverns and the associated drinking culture, integral components of the societal history of Wisconsin, is a topic that lacks a comprehensive and intelligent study. Until someone does that, this book will have to do. In the meantime, pour yourself a cold one and look through this chronicle of places filled with smoke, jokes, the music of jukeboxes, and of times less stressful, more casual and less sober. We hope you enjoy your time spent here, in the words of Buttsy and Evie, "Your Pleasure, Our Success." " Highlights Include...
Liquor in the Front & Poker in the Rear
Highlights of the Lowlifes in 1915
JFK at the Buckhorn Tavern "Ich Bein Ein Spoonerer"
The Mystery of the Porcine Porcelain
Buddy Holly"s final Rave-Up in Hurley
The Valley of the Drunken Men
Cadaver"s Tavern
All the News You Can Booze
Where is Shorty?
How Far is the Old Log Inn?
The Lovely Beaver Damsel
The Somerset Cat Fight
Rushing the Can in Stevens Point
Beer to Paternity
Norwegian Hell
Bavarian Heavan
It"s the After Glow
The Round Mound of Sound Badger Bars & Tavern Tales is a collection of stories, pictures, interviews of Wisconsin Old Timers and other items of note about tavern life in the Badger State from 1860 to 1960.170+ pages and 150+ illustrations of places filled with smoke, jokes, and the music of jukeboxes, of times less stressful, more casual and less sober.
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