Wicked Fox Cities:: The Dark Side of the Valley (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781596299306)

Visit the wicked Fox Cities, full of place names like La Grand Butte 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."

Author: Frank Anderson
ISBN-10: 1596299304
ISBN-13: 9781596299306
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2010
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d