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- ↑ Reeves, Thomas C. (2006). Distinguished Service: The Life of Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press. ISBN 0-87462-017-1.
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- ↑ Joseph Hanneman, "Gentleman Author," University of Wisconsin-Parkside Perspective (Summer, 1999), pp. 15-21. See also Thomas C. Reeves, "The Classroom Game," Academic Questions, (Spring, 2001),pp. 65-71.
