Reviews for Perkey's Nebraska Place Names

The average rating for Perkey's Nebraska Place Names based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-08-13 00:00:00 Jon Stewart I got this as a thank you gift from WORT, and I intended it to be a coffee table book to share old pictures of Madison. But the more I looked through it, the more intrigued I was, and I ended up reading the whole thing. It is really a great reference for anyone living in this town, and there is great credit to be given for curating so many stories and photos. Levitan suffers a bit, maybe, from too much information, and at times I was swimming in endless blurbs about mayors and quotations, but it was wonderful to read about how the layout, the park systems, the university, and the government evolved. I was particularly interested in the many early connections between the University of Wisconsin and my own alma mater, Williams College. But to be sure, the text is secondary to the wonderful collection of photos that shows the incredible growth over time of this great city.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-01-05 00:00:00 william j bryant Most interesting book I've read all year as a Madison lifer.