Not too long ago, I visited Washington Park in Milwaukee to see what’s left of the old zoo. It was abandoned in 1960, when Milwaukee County opened a new zoo on Bluemound Road. But Washington Park is still there, at the corner of 47th and Vliet streets, and the southwest corner of the park, where
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Real-life References in The Rhino in Right Field
The Rhino in Right Field is a made-up story. Of course it is! Climbing into animal pens at the zoo? A parade of zoo animals? An escape? None of that stuff could happen in real life. Could it? You might be surprised. Here (in alphabetical order) is a roundup of the very real people, places,
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Here’s a list of the major source materials I used while researching and writing The Rhino in Right Field: Printed material: Buege, Bob. Borchert Field: Stories from Milwaukee’s Legendary Ballpark. Madison, WI: The Wisconsin Historical Society, 2017. Dickson, Paul. Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick. New York: Bloomsbury, 2012. Gurda, John. New World Odyssey: Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church and
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