# What's the name of this book? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [June 4, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/965650 "2022-06-04T00:59:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/965650/1 "2022-06-04T00:59:45Z")
It’s right on the tip of my tongue, a gruesome gloomy non-fiction about settlers - Minnesota? - on the great plains going mad and killing themselves. Not a recent book, not a scientific work with statistics and footnotes. Maybe with photos. The word ‘death’ is in the title, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/965650/2 "2022-06-04T06:01:35Z")
The BoxCar Children? I kid i kid ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/965650/3 "2022-06-04T09:02:48Z")
Ole Rolvaag’s _Giants in the Earth_? “An award-winning, epic novel of Norwegian immigrant homesteaders in Dakota Territory.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/965650/4 "2022-06-04T13:25:11Z")
Little House on the Prairie? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/965650/5 "2022-06-04T13:40:14Z")
> **[Wisconsin Death Trip](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Death_Trip)** > > Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1973 historical nonfiction book by Michael Lesy, originally published by Pantheon Books. It charts numerous sordid, tragic, and bizarre incidents that took place in and around Jackson County, Wisconsin between 1885 and 1900, primarily in the town of Black River Falls. The events are outlined through actual written historical documents—primarily articles published in the town newspaper—with additional narration by Lesy, as well as excerpts from works by Hamlin Garland, Si... ? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/965650/6 "2022-06-04T15:03:57Z")
That’s it, ‘Wisconsin Death Trip’. Thank you, problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/965650/7 "2022-06-04T16:08:28Z")
Woo hoo, I got one! 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-book/965650/8 "2022-06-04T16:55:16Z")
Yeah, makes much more sense than my guess.