{"product_id":"wisconsin-tobacco-farming-a-history-paperback","title":"Wisconsin Tobacco Farming: A History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGail Klein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The great concerns of the southern states have made their products so well known that few people realized that tobacco can be grown elsewhere than Virginia and Cuba.\" - Clarence Olson, \u003cem\u003eEdgerton Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e, 1953\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely known as America's Dairyland, Wisconsin also has a long, fertile history with tobacco. For centuries, Indigenous tribes cultivated it for spiritual, medicinal, and ceremonial purposes. First introduced commercially in Dane and Rock Counties, and later Vernon County, the crop earned a reputation among generations of local farmers as the \"mortgage lifter.\" Specializing in the broadleaf tobacco used to bind cigars, local farms became major producers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--a lifeline for newly arrived Norwegian immigrants. Ultimately, the state's golden age of tobacco spawned the creation of the country's first cooperative tobacco marketing association. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor and Wisconsin historian Gail Klein surveys the Badger State's historic tobacco regions and the agricultural commodity's lasting impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGail Klein is a professional historian and historic preservation consultant with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has conducted extensive research on various Wisconsin history topics and has documented hundreds of historic buildings and landscapes across the state. Gail lives in Stoughton, Wisconsin, with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53329689149747,"sku":"9781467158985","price":33.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cpJdrLxf629781467158985.webp?v=1778171871","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/wisconsin-tobacco-farming-a-history-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}