Books

“Barber Publishes New Science Novel” from the July 24, 1958 Door County Advocate

The space age has come to Sturgeon Bay. A local barber, Lloyd Londo who has a shop on the west side, recently published privately a science fiction…

Jun 21, 2024

A scanned copy of "Reflections on Door County: a Grace Samuelson sampler" can be read for free

Grace Samuelson's 1986 book can be borrowed for free from the Internet Archive.

Jun 6, 2024

Three legends from "Wisconsin Indian Place Legends" relating to the area

The three legends are for Red Banks, Sturgeon Bay, and Porte des Morts.

May 31, 2024

Two retired professors in Door County wrote a book about newspapers, and they discussed the Advocate

There are four pages with discussion about the Advocate.

Nov 6, 2023

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