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Matthew J. Prigge

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Matthew J. Prigge is an author and historian from Milwaukee. He is the author of five books, including the forthcoming Opening Day in Milwaukee: The Brewers’ Season-Starters, 1970-2022. He led tours of Milwaukee’s rivers and harbors for nearly ten years as the resident narrator aboard the Vista King tour boat and was the host of WMSE’s ‘What Made Milwaukee Famous’ radio program. He is currently a public librarian and is an avid collector of baseball cards.

His topics of focus include baseball, true crime, and Milwaukee history. Matthew lives in St. Francis, Wisconsin with his spouse, Erika, and their four occasionally-troublesome pet rats.

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	Milwaukee Noir (Akashic Noir) by Tim Hennessy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shauna Singh Baldwin (Contributor), James E. Causey (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.59 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Milwaukee Mayhem: Murder and Mystery in the Cream City's First Century 3.36 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Damn the Old Tinderbox!: Milwaukee’s Palace of the West and the Fire that Defined an Era 4.39 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manitowoc by Ed Prigge, Matthew J. Prigge (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opening Day in Milwaukee: The Brewers' Season Starters, 1970-2022 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outlaws, Rebels, & Vixens: Motion Picture Censorship in Milwaukee, 1914-1971 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outlaws, Rebels, & Vixens: Motion Picture Censorship in Milwaukee, 1914-1971 by Matthew J. Prigge (2016-08-08) by Matthew J. Prigge (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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