cover image Wisconsin Death Trip

Wisconsin Death Trip

Michael Lesy. Anchor Books, $19.95 (1pp) ISBN 978-0-385-41215-5

The dark side of rural American life is documented in photos and text that portray the suffering from poverty, disease and boredom within a small Wisconsin community at the turn of the century. ``Young historian Michael Lesy is not a polished writer, but he has scored powerfully with this provocative probe,'' judged PW . (Jan.)