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I’ve read a number of these Crescent Books picture books with the text by Bill Harris before (New York At Night<\/em><\/a>, Florida: A Photographic Journey<\/em><\/a>, New York: City of Many Dreams<\/a><\/em>). So when I saw a book with images from my home state last month<\/a>, I hopped on it.<\/p>\nThis volume is pretty slim–64 pages in all–which makes me question the committment of the publishers. Wisconsin has varied landscapes, and one could easily do a whole book on the north, on the lake shore, along the Missouri river, and the prairie. <\/p>\n
However, this book gives each a nod and a page or two along with three pages of pictures of Madison, a page of Milwaukee (including the interior of a brewery, natch). I was pleased with how many sites I’ve seen–I’ve been to La Crosse, I’ve been up north, and I’ve visited the Dells and the House on the Rock. I have seen the state capitol lit up at night, but I haven’t been to Madison by day–the only time I was in Madison was late on a Friday or Saturday night for a quick trip to the Pizza Pit and back to Milwaukee, so I didn’t really even notice the birds’ eye view of its position between its two lakes.<\/p>\n
So I enjoyed the book. Certainly more than the Wisconsin-based football game during which I flipped through the volume.<\/p>\n
I have more of these books, I think, and I kind of look forward to them. Perhaps I should find them amid the thousands of books I’ve got on my to-read shelves.<\/p>\n
Also, extra poignant note: The book has a little sticky note inscription in it that says To Dad From Brian. As this is a 1996 edition of the book, my own father was already but a (fresh) memory for me then.<\/p>\n