Rasmus Bjorn Anderson 1846-1936 (Dane Co.)
* America Not Discovered by Columbus, 1874.
* Norse Mythology, 1875.
William Henry Bishop 1847-1929 (Milwaukee)
Editor of Milwaukee Commercial Times 1867-77.
* House of a Merchant Prince, 1882.
* Golden Justice, 1887.
Bernard Isaac Durward 1817-1902 (Milwaukee and Sauk Co.)
* Wild Flowers of Wisconsin: Poems, 1871.
* Poems, 1882.
* Cristofero Colombo: An American Epic, 1892.
Hamlin Garland 1860-1936? (West Salem) Wisconsin
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"Well-known authority on pioneer life, novelist, short story writer,
poet, biographer, lecturer, and traveler."
* Main-travelled roads: Six Mississippi Valley Stories, 1891.
* Prairie Folks, 1893.
* Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, 1895.
Gen. Charles King 1844-1933 (Milwaukee)
* Between the Lines: A Story of the War, 1889.
* The Colonel's Daughter, 1892.
* Marion's Faith, 1893.
Increase A. Lapham 1811-1875 (Milwaukee) Wisconsin
Electronic Reader Entry
"From 1873 to 1875 he was chief geologist for the state of Wisconsin.
His contributions to the scientific knowledge of the geology, topography,
and botany of his adopted state are second to none...many results of
his labors are to be found in the Milwaukee public library, and the
State Historical Library, in the form of maps, statistics, and tabulations
of various sorts."
* A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin,
1844.
* Antiquities of Wisconsin
* Geological Map of Wisconsin, 1855.
Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (Fond du Lac and Oshkosh) Wisconsin
Electronic Reader Entry
"Frequently called the 'first Wisconsin poetess.'"
* Voyage of Pere Marquette, and the Romance of Charles De Langlade,
1860.
George Wilbur Peck 1840-1916 (La Crosse and Milwaukee) Wisconsin
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"One of Wisconsin's leading humorists; connected with newspapers
at Whitewater, Jefferson, Ripon, La Crosse, and Milwaukee."
* Adventures of One Terence McGrant, 1871.
* Peck's Bad Boy Series, 1882-1912.
* Peck's Boss Book, 1900.
Marcus Mills Pomeroy 1833-1896 (Horicon, Milwaukee, La Crosse)
"Journeyman printer, newspaper editor and publisher, politician,
and humorist...His writings were sensational, a combination of humor
and moralizing typical of his day."
* Nonsense: Hits and Criticisms on the Follies of the Day, 1868.
* Sense: Saturday-night Musings and Thoughtful Papers, 1868.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855-1919 (Madison)
A poetess and journalist.
* Drops of Water, 1872.
* Shells, 1873.
* Maurine and Other Poems, 1882.
* Poems of Passion, 1883.
* Poems of Pleasure, 1888.
* An Erring Woman's Love, 1892.
* The Beautiful Land of Nod, 1892.
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