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Reducere. House calls. Flu epidemics. Terminal illnesses. Coroner duties. Fishhook incidents. For more than three decades, Roger A. MacDonald served the peop...

The earliest arrivals were German Jews who came when the territory was newly created. By the 1880s they were joined by immigrants from eastern Euro...

Reducere. A tiny pair of beaded deerskin moccasins, given to a baby in 1913, provides the starting point for this thoughtful examination of the work of Dakot...

Reducere. From 21A, the one-man show that launched a career and a whole new perspective on riding the bus, to a sneak peek at the new Minnesota Public Radio-...

Reducere. In late December, snow blankets the landscape and the daylight hours are brief. Bundled up against the cold, a child and an adult explore the sloug...

Reducere. Five Fur Traders of the Northwest captures the day-to-day life of the fur trader during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Long ou...

Reducere. Go behind the scenes of this classic nineties film from cinematic masters Joel and Ethan Coen. Yah, you betcha, you're gonna discover some fascinat...

Reducere. Below white pines, at water's edge, in guarded nest of mud and sedge, squeezed inside an olive egg, beak meets wing meets folded leg. With these fe...

Reducere. One sunny day on his postal route, Vincent Wyckoff crosses the path of an elderly gentleman whistling for his lost parakeet. The old man is upset, ...

Reducere. Across North America, dedicated language warriors are powering an upswell, a resurgence, a revitalization of indigenous languages and cultures. Thr...

Reducere. Discover the gentle humor and astute observations of a true outdoorsman as he shares stories of natural wonders and personal revelations, family tr...

Reducere. Josie dreams of dancing at next summer's powwow. But first she needs many special things: a dress, a shawl, a cape, leggings, moccasins, and, perha...

Reducere. Split Rock Lighthouse is a Minnesota icon: a handsome structure perched atop a cliff on Lake Superior's North Shore, gorgeous in every weather, a l...

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press, U.S.Author(s): Sara De LucaIllustration(s): b/w photosNumber of pages: 232Collection: Midwest Reflec...

Reducere. Spells are conjured, herbs collected, and potions concocted in this fascinating history of the practices and beliefs of Norway's folk healers at ho...

Reducere. Forgetting Ireland is both a history and mystery, a story of western Ireland's Connemara coast and of Graceville, a small town in western Minnesota...

Reducere. How did the city of St. Paul come to be where and what it is, and what does that show us about the city today? In eight place-based chapters, Bill ...

Reducere. A thoughtful and emotional multigenerational story of contested motherhood and the stigma of adoption--equal parts biography, oral history, history...

Baking bread at home has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years. It can be therapeutic and build community. It is cost-effective and sustainable. And...

Reducere. Before the Twin Cities established themselves as a hotbed for stand-up comedy, producing some of the biggest names in comedy history, the local sce...

Reducere. In recent years, Minnesota has developed one of the most vibrant and original beer scenes in the nation. Home to more craft breweries per capita th...

Reducere. Daybreak Woman, also known as Jane Anderson Robertson, was born at a trading post on the Minnesota River in 1812 and lived for ninety-two years in ...

Award NameMinnesota Book AwardAward categoryHistory/Biography"Let's eat out "Minnesotans have always loved to, in the opulent dining rooms of fancy...

Reducere. From techniques for tapping maple trees and harvesting wild rice to extracting dyes from bloodroot to making dishes from birch bark and dolls with ...

Reducere. Over the centuries, the Hmong have called many places home, including China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and most recently France, Australia, and the ...

Reducere. DescriptionSince its beginnings in 1993, the Queer Voices reading series has featured both emerging and established Minnesota-based writers of the ...

Reducere. In his classic account of two years with the most audacious bush league ballclub ever to plumb the bottom of the pro sports barrel, Neal Karlen pre...

Reducere. Minnesota is often associated with its Scandinavian heritage, but in fact Germans are the largest single immigrant group in Minnesota history and w...

Reducere. DescriptionWhile African Americans comprise just five percent of the total population of Minnesota today, the state boasts many successful, creativ...

Reducere. Woven into a northland year are food rituals that sustain us and connect us to our region, our climate, and one another. Meat raffles. Fish frys. P...

Northeastern Minnesota Book AwardTravelers in the Boundary Waters find much to draw the eye, not least of which is a profusion of wildflowers at ev...

Reducere. DescriptionMinnesota has long been home to people from the Korean Peninsula--from early arrivals in the mid-twentieth century to their expanding fa...

Perhaps your museum's archives have run out of space, or its public programs have outgrown their facility. Perhaps a generous donor or an energetic...

Recognized as one of the twin cities' best drink makers, Johnny Michaels is the cocktail connoisseur's answer to a gourmet chef. His home base is t...

Reducere. Greyhound buses and vintage suitcases, whitewashed cottages and wildlife souvenirs, fishing camps and bathing beauties adorn the pages of Minnesota...

Reducere. The Weyerhaeuser name looms large in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and Arkansas, attached to paper mills, cabinet factories, and vast tracts of...

Reducere. "Sherri Gerbert Fuller provides us with a rare look at Chinese immigrant lives and aspirations in Minnesota, proudly reclaiming their voices as par...

Reducere. In St. Paul, where they were outnumbered by Germans immigrants, they nonetheless left a lasting legacy, so that today most Minnesotans think of St....

Reducere. In the early nineteenth century, Protestant missionaries promoted the translation of evangelical hymns into the Ojibwe language, regarding this mus...

Reducere. Minnesota's written history goes back only to the 1600s, when the first European visitors recorded the locations of native American populations. Th...

Reducere. From the rocky, mist-enshrouded shores of Norway to the bustling streets of Minneapolis, O. E. Rolvaag lyrically chronicles the experiences of Nils...

Reducere. Dayton's was in its prime, the new Nicollet Mall was full of people, the Foshay Tower was still king, and the IDS Center was beginning its rise. Bu...

"My investigation of Minnesota murders over the years revealed no new motives for killing anyone. The old ones are perfectly satisfactory. . . . I ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1890, Rose Cleveland, sister of President Grover Cleveland, began writing to Evangeline Simpson, a wealthy widow who would become the...

Reducere. DescriptionKevin Kling, best known for his popular commentaries on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and his storytelling stage shows l...

Reducere. What do you get when you mix Tater Tots, ground beef, and cream of mushroom soup? Tater Tot Hot Dish, of course Retired Minneapolis Star Tribune Ta...

." . . the memory of my mother came to me like a drifting scent in the breeze, swirling through the branches of a nearby cedar tree. I was drawn ba...

Reducere. I am a powerful waterfall. I listen. I pay attention. I have a long memory. You might find it hard to believe, but I have moved through time. My Mi...

Reducere. Developing recipes and sharing the results has been a lifelong vocation for Rae Katherine Eighmey. Today her kitchen library has thousands of recip...

Reducere. From the 1960s R&B scene in New York City to the Minneapolis Sound of the 1980s, Pep Willie has been up close and personal with some of the most ex...

Reducere. The potential benefits of wild plants for human health and well-being are wide-ranging. But, knowing which plants to use, and how, for edible and m...

Reducere. Fort Snelling, a foundational place in the story of Minnesota, was built 200 years ago at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, a...

Reducere. Every spring, the state of Minnesota--from urban metropolises to remote Canadian borderlands--is riveted by the spectacle of the boys' high school ...

Reducere. For millennia, the place where the Minnesota River joins the Mississippi has been a crossroads, a place of strategic power. In the 1820s, the newly...

Reducere. World War II was a total war, devouring the military and civilian resources of nations. Women in Minnesota--like women across the country--made bol...

Reducere. As the primary songwriter for Soul Asylum, Dave Pirner has penned hundreds of songs over the course of nearly four decades and has helped to shape ...

Reducere. Insects are everywhere and easy to find--if you know where to look. Minnesota Bug Hunt puts you on the trail for insects big and small, fierce and ...

Reducere. David, the last of Rosa's five sons, was born with Down syndrome. Unable to care for himself, he and the indomitable Rosa were to be forever bound ...

Reducere. With simplicity and charm, Grace Lee Nute tells the story of the Minnesota-Ontario border country west of the Boundary Waters--the region of the we...

Reducere. From the colorful supermercados of St. Paul's West Side to the rural communities of the Red River Valley, Mexican Americans have left an indelible ...

Reducere. Minnesota Book AwardStripped of its original Tiffany light fixtures, lamps, and stained-glass panels, a Lowry Hill mansion was returned to its orig...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Minnesota Book of Days is a entertaining and educational day-by-day account of Minnesota history, chronicling important events, famo...

Reducere. " Here] we listen to stories of individual settlers and . . . watch and interact with them as each community evolves through the decades." Ann M. L...

Reducere. Award NameMinnesota Book AwardAward categoryNonfictionAmerican Indian cultural objects, like most objects, deteriorate over time. Precious and irre...

Reducere. The world turned upside down for city-bred Marjorie Douglas when, in 1943, her young husband moved her and their baby, Anne, from suburban St. Paul...

Reducere. Northeastern Minnesota Book AwardLake Superior's North Shore--the vast stretch between Duluth and Grand Portage--is nearly 150 miles long, with an ...

Reducere. Moonbeam Children's Book AwardFrom winter hunts to picnic foraging, Coyote makes his deliberate way through the seasons in his urban habitat. His a...

Reducere. An intimate and detailed portrait of young Swedish women who chose to immigrate to America in the nineteenth century--why they left, what they foun...

Reducere. At the beginning of the twentieth century, in the poverty-stricken Swedish region of Sm land, young Valter, the son of a soldier, explores the worl...

Reducere. "Lincoln and the Indians has stood the test of time and offers this generation of readers a valuable interpretation of the U.S. government's Indian...