Jerold W Apps

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1) Ringlingville USA: the stupendous story of seven siblings and their stunning circus success

Author

Apps, Jerold W

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Pub. Date

c2005

Physical Desc

xxii, 256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Language

English

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Overview: The Ringling Brothers began their business under the most modest of circumstances and through hard work, business savvy, and some luck created the largest, most famous circus in the world. They became wealthy men, one 50 cent admission ticket at a time. Ringlingville USA chronicles the brothers' journey from immigrant poverty to enduring glory as the kings of the circus world. The Ringlings and their circus were last studied in depth...

2) Old farm: a history

Author

Apps, Jerold W

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Pub. Date

c2008

Physical Desc

xiv, 221 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

3) Garden wisdom

Author

Apps, Jerold W

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Pub. Date

c2011

Physical Desc

203 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Language

English

4) Whispers and shadows: a naturalist's memoir

Author

Apps, Jerold W

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Pub. Date

[2015]

Physical Desc

xiv, 141 pages ; 21 cm

Language

English

5) Limping through life: a farm boy's polio memoir

Author

Apps, Jerold W

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Pub. Date

c2013

Physical Desc

x, 235 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Language

English

6) The quiet season: remembering country winters

Author

Apps, Jerold W

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Pub. Date

2013

Physical Desc

ix, 147 pages ; 21 cm.

Language

English

7) Horse-drawn days: a century of farming with horses

Author

Apps, Jerold W

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

xi, 199 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 23 cm.

Language

English

8) Barns of Wisconsin

Author

Apps, Jerold W

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Pub. Date

c2010

Physical Desc

xv, 207 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 27 cm.

Language

English

9) Tents, tigers, and the Ringling brothers

Author

Apps, Jerold W

Series

Badger biographies

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Pub. Date

c2007

Physical Desc

vii, 114 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Language

English

10) Every farm tells a story: a tale of family farm values

Author

Apps, Jerold W

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Pub. Date

2018.

Physical Desc

xvi, 155 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

Description

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"During Jerry Apps's childhood on the farm, he witnessed the second great revolution in farming--the arrival of electric lines to rural areas, running water in barns, and new farm machines like tractors, balers, and combines. In Every Farm Tells a Story he traces that revolution by way of costs found in his mother's account books for everything from the family's first milking machine to the used telephone pole that supported their first electric yard...