{"product_id":"9780870203282","title":"They Came to Wisconsin","description":"\u003ci\u003eThey Came to Wisconsin \u003c\/i\u003e presents three themes of the state's immigrant history: leaving the homeland, making the journey, and enduring the first year of settlement. Journal and diary entries and letters from European groups and oral histories from African American, Latino, Hmong, and Amish sources make this book dynamic and wholly inclusive. \u003ci\u003eThey Came to Wisconsin\u003c\/i\u003e breaks fresh ground in presenting document-centered Wisconsin history to a young audience. More important, these firsthand stories add a real human dimension to history, helping students to compare the experiences of the varied groups who came to Wisconsin in the last two hundred years.\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Julia Pferdehirt is a well-known storyteller and the author of \u003ci\u003eFreedom Train North: Stories of the Underground Railroad in Wisconsin.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in the Madison, Wisconsin, area.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wisconsin Historical Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008693715184,"sku":"9780870203282","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780870203282_p0.jpg?v=1763837197","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780870203282","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}