Take your spring break up a notch with these book with local ties, recommended by Lake Geneva Public Library Community Engagement Librarian Ellen Ward-Packard.
PUBLIC ANCHOVY #1
BY MINDY QUIGLEY
The third cozy mystery set in Quigley’s fictionalized version of Lake Geneva finds pizzeria owner Delilah O’Leary dealing with two great trials: inventing a vegan, tomato-free, gluten-free pizza, and keeping a resort-town restaurant profitable in the winter. Readers will enjoy references to a familiar-sounding library, though we can confirm that no LGPL fundraiser has ever ended in murder.
STREET FIGHT: THE CHICAGO TAXI WARS OF THE 1920S
BY ANNE MORRISSY
“Thrilling” is not the word that usually comes to mind when discussing Chicago transit options, but this history of the Taxi Wars of the 1920s (by At The Lake’s editorial director Anne Morrissy!) is just that. Covering labor disputes, early automobile history and gang involvement in the taxi industry, Morrissy’s book will appeal to urban infrastructure enthusiasts and anyone with Chicago connections.
SURVIVAL FOOD: NORTH WOODS STORIES BY A MENOMINEE COOK
BY THOMAS PECORE WESO
This food-focused memoir chronicles the author’s early years on the Menominee Indian Reservation in the 1980s and 1990s. Writing with equal affection for both squirrel stew and the shelf-stable commodity foods distributed by the government, Weso shares an intimate portrait of Native American eating and drinking in Wisconsin.
