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Leisure with Dignity: A History of the La Crosse Club
written by Susan T. Hessel (La Crosse, Wis.: The Club), 1997.

 
  Table of Contents:
Cover
Foreward
Introduction
Organized with a splendid membership
The Burton Murder
Hello, hello, are you there?
Move to new quarters
A new club
Another technological development
Hey-dey of the club
Steward Paul Vidani, Sr.
Prohibition
Remodeling
Playing the slots
The 1940s
The hierarchy of seating
Good times at the club
The move to the Stoddard Hotel
The Old Guard the Thomas Book Club
Move to the Radisson
Women members
A different atmosphere
A powerful brick
Membership has its privileges
The club's future
    List of members in 1887
    The "New" La Crosse Club Presidential Roll Call
    La Crosse Club Members as of January 1, 1997
    Reciprocal Relationships
    The Old Guard
Acknowledgements/Bibliography
Corrections and Additions
    La Crosse Club Members as of January 1, 1998
    Additional Members of the Old Guard
    Additional Clubs with Reciprocal Relationships