Saturday, Oct 25th
10:30 – 11:30am
Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium
Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival.
Wisconsin Idols: 100 Heroes Who Changed the State, the World, and Me is an essay collection that offers a unique perspective on transformative figures with often surprising connections to Wisconsin, including the Beatles, Georgia O’Keeffe, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Harrison Ford, Joni Mitchell, Abraham Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey, Bob Dylan, Jackie Robinson, Orson Welles, and many more. Author Dean Robbins puts a personal spin on these stories, based on interviews, intensive research, and lifelong obsessions. Readers tag along to every corner of Wisconsin as Robbins relates astonishing examples of courage and integrity, providing inspiration for an age desperately in need of heroic role models. With revelatory anecdotes, humorous details, and poignant storytelling, the book establishes Wisconsin as a notably influential place: a crossroads for people who changed the world. NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls it “insightful and entertaining: a passionate and poetic homage.”
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