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Wicked Fox Cities: The Dark Side of the Valley

By Frank Anderson

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2010
ISBN
9781614230595, 9781596299306, 2010012450
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3087521 bytes)
Series
Wicked
Pages
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Time added
2022-10-01 17:08:53
HIS036000HistoryNonfiction

Description

Visit the wicked Fox Cities, full of place names like Le Grande Buttes Des Morts ("the Big Hill of the Dead") and Winneconne ("the Place of Skulls") that date from an era when "settlement" was frequently synonymous with "slaughter." Even after the firm establishment of modern civilization, there remained an uneasy truce between lined pockets and bared knuckles that was often only brokered by heavy drinking. Stumble across the frozen Fox River and barge into local watering holes where the only pauses in the revelry are discussions about desecrating Joe McCarthy's grave. Points of interest include the Oshkosh rat-betting scene, the Appleton "Union Street Resorts" and the Neenah tavern, where a world-champion boxer hid from the doctor who had bought his bones.

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