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Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1973 historical nonfiction book by Michael Lesy, originally published by Pantheon Books. It charts numerous sordid, tragic, and bizarre incidents that took place in and around Jackson County, Wisconsin between 1885 and 1900, primarily in the town of Black River Falls.
- Michael Lesy
- 1973
Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1999 docudrama film written for the screen and directed by James Marsh, based on the 1973 historical nonfiction book of the same name by Michael Lesy. The film dramatizes a series of macabre incidents that took place in and around Black River Falls, Wisconsin in the late-19th century.
Mar 1, 2023 · Michael Lesy’s 1973 book “Wisconsin Death Trip” is an American oddity, a cult classic for a reason. In a way that few documentary texts do, it makes us leave the baggage of modernity...
Mar 9, 2000 · Wisconsin Death Trip: Directed by James Marsh. With Ian Holm, Jeffrey Golden, Jo Vukelich, Marcus Monroe. A series of grisly events that took place in the state of Wisconsin between 1890 and 1900 is dramatized as reported in the Black River Falls newspaper.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- James Marsh
- 2000-03-09
May 17, 2018 · Wisconsin Death Trip is a book that combines haunting photographs and newspaper accounts of life in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, from 1890 to 1900. It depicts the harsh realities of epidemics, suicides, insanities, and early deaths that shaped the American dream gone wrong.
Mar 3, 2023 · A documentary text of found material, the book gathered prosaic historical photos of Wisconsin residents from the turn of the 20th century and paired them to haunting effect with fragmentary...
Wisconsin Death Trip. Michael Lesy, Charles Van Schaik (Photographer), Warren Susman (Preface) 4.01. 1,895 ratings256 reviews. First published in 1973, this remarkable book about life in a small turn-of-the-century Wisconsin town has become a cult classic.
