John Gurda

JOHN GURDA is a Milwaukee-born writer and historian who has been studying his hometown since 1972. He is the author of more than twenty books, including The Making of Milwaukee and Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods. In addition to his work as an author, Gurda is a lecturer, tour guide, and was a local history columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The common thread in his work is an understanding of history as "why things are the way they are."