Bunny Berigan

By Dean Robbins | December 31, 2011

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75 years ago, a man from Fox Lake did something extraordinary. So extraordinary, that the state of Wisconsin erected a historical marker in his Dodge County hometown, population 14-hundred. Who was he? Commentator Dean Robbins has the story.

Dean Robbins

Dean Robbins

Dean Robbins is a children’s author based in Madison. He has won state and national awards for arts, features and news stories, and has contributed to magazines and newspapers around the country.
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