Milwaukee: A City Built on Water

ยท Wisconsin Historical Society
5.0
ื‘ื™ืงื•ืจืช ืื—ืช
ืกืคืจ ื“ื™ื’ื™ื˜ืœื™
225
ื“ืคื™ื
ื›ืฉื™ืจ
ื”ื‘ื™ืงื•ืจื•ืช ื•ื”ื“ื™ืจื•ื’ื™ื ืœื ืžืื•ืžืชื™ืย ืžื™ื“ืข ื ื•ืกืฃ

ืžื™ื“ืข ืขืœ ื”ืกืคืจ ื”ื“ื™ื’ื™ื˜ืœื™ ื”ื–ื”

Paddle through the watery history of the Midwestโ€™s Cream City.

The success and survival of Milwaukee lies in the rivers that meander through its streets and the great lake at its shore. The areaโ€™s earliest inhabitants recognized the value of an abundant, clean water supply for food and transportation. Settlers, shipbuilders, and city leaders used the same waters to travel greater distances, power million-dollar industries, and even have a bit of fun.

In Milwaukee: A City Built on Water, celebrated historian John Gurda expands on his popular Milwaukee Public Television documentary, relating the mucky history of the waters that gave Milwaukee lifeโ€”and occasionally threatened the city through erosion, invasive species, and water-borne diseases.

Telling tales of brewers, brickmakers, ecologists, and engineers, Gurda explores the cityโ€™s complicated connection with its most precious resource and greatest challenge. Youโ€™ll meet the generations of people, from a Potawatomi chief to fur traders and fishermen, who settled on the small spit of land known as Jones Island; learn how Milwaukeeโ€™s unique water composition creates its distinct cream-colored bricks; visit Wisconsinโ€™s first waterparks; and see how city leaders transformed the Milwaukee Riverโ€”once described as a โ€œvast sewerโ€ with an โ€œodorous tideโ€โ€”into todayโ€™s lively and lovely Riverwalk.

ื“ื™ืจื•ื’ื™ื ื•ื‘ื™ืงื•ืจื•ืช

5.0
ื‘ื™ืงื•ืจืช ืื—ืช

ืขืœ ื”ืžื—ื‘ืจ

John Gurda is a Milwaukee-born writer and historian who has been studying his hometown since 1972. He is the author of twenty-three books, including Brewtown Tales, The Making of Milwaukee, and Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods. In addition to his work as an author, Gurda is a lecturer, tour guide, and local history columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The common thread in all of his work is an understanding of history as โ€œwhy things are the way they are.โ€

ืจื•ืฆื” ืœื“ืจื’ ืืช ื”ืกืคืจ ื”ื“ื™ื’ื™ื˜ืœื™ ื”ื–ื”?

ื ืฉืžื— ืœืฉืžื•ืข ืžื” ื“ืขืชืš.

ืื™ืš ืงื•ืจืื™ื ืืช ื”ืกืคืจ

ืกืžืืจื˜ืคื•ื ื™ื ื•ื˜ืื‘ืœื˜ื™ื
ื›ืœ ืžื” ืฉืฆืจื™ืš ืœืขืฉื•ืช ื”ื•ื ืœื”ืชืงื™ืŸ ืืช ื”ืืคืœื™ืงืฆื™ื” ืฉืœ Google Play Books ืœ-Android ืื• ืœ-iPad/iPhoneโ€. ื”ื™ื ืžืกืชื ื›ืจื ืช ื‘ืื•ืคืŸ ืื•ื˜ื•ืžื˜ื™ ืขื ื”ื—ืฉื‘ื•ืŸ ืฉืœืš ื•ืžืืคืฉืจืช ืœืš ืœืงืจื•ื ืžื›ืœ ืžืงื•ื, ื’ื ืœืœื ื—ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ืœืื™ื ื˜ืจื ื˜.
ืžื—ืฉื‘ื™ื ื ื™ื™ื“ื™ื ื•ืฉื•ืœื—ื ื™ื™ื
ื ื™ืชืŸ ืœื”ืื–ื™ืŸ ืœืกืคืจื™ ืื•ื“ื™ื• ืฉื ืจื›ืฉื• ื‘-Google Play ื‘ืืžืฆืขื•ืช ื“ืคื“ืคืŸ ื”ืื™ื ื˜ืจื ื˜ ืฉืœ ื”ืžื—ืฉื‘.
eReaders ื•ืžื›ืฉื™ืจื™ื ืื—ืจื™ื
ื›ื“ื™ ืœืงืจื•ื ื‘ืžื›ืฉื™ืจื™ื ืขื ืชืฆื•ื’ืช ื“ื™ื• ืืœืงื˜ืจื•ื ื™ (e-ink) ื›ืžื• ื”ืงื•ืจืื™ื ื”ืืœืงื˜ืจื•ื ื™ื™ื ืฉืœ Kobo, ืฆืจื™ืš ืœื”ื•ืจื™ื“ ืงื•ื‘ืฅ ื•ืœื”ืขื‘ื™ืจ ืื•ืชื• ืœืžื›ืฉื™ืจ. ื™ืฉ ืœืคืขื•ืœ ืœืคื™ ื”ื”ื•ืจืื•ืช ื”ืžืคื•ืจื˜ื•ืช ื‘ืžืจื›ื– ื”ืขื–ืจื” ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืขื‘ื™ืจ ืืช ื”ืงื‘ืฆื™ื ืœืงื•ืจืื™ื ืืœืงื˜ืจื•ื ื™ื™ื ื ืชืžื›ื™ื.