Minnesota Historical Society Press
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Jul: Swedish American Holiday Traditions
$19.95 Add to cartFrom sm?rg?sbord and St. Lucia processions to Christmas Eve gatherings with dear family and friends, Swedish American holiday traditions are linked through the generations by a legacy of meatballs and… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Patrice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1681342480
- Language: English
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How the Birds Got Their Songs
$17.95 Add to cartThe Great Spirit challenges all the birds to a contest, and the gift of birdsong is born! This traditional story, told in both English and Ojibwe, explains bird behavior and where humans should go to … [more below]
- Author: Zimmerman, Travis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1681342855
- Language: Multiple Languages
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Aanjikiing / Changing Worlds: An Anishinaabe Traditional Funeral
$17.99 Add to cartKashmira Sheth’s eloquent verse novel follows an Indian American Sikh boy through a year of change, challenges, and growth
Anoop is many things: a brother, a son, a grandson, a friend, a middle school- Author: Sheth, Kashmira
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1682636062
- Language: English
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Plums or Nuts: Ojibwe Stories of Anishinaabe Humor
$18.95 Add to cartA master Ojibwe storyteller shares twenty-five stories–often bawdy, full of mischief and misbehavior–in Ojibwe and English.
Larry Amik Smallwood had the gift of making people laugh. Of all the teach- Author: Smallwood, Larry Amik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1681342669
- Language: English
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Loud Fast Words: Soul Asylum Collected Lyrics
$18.95 Add to cartSoul Asylum has been a leading force on the alternative rock scene since the 1980s behind Dave Pirner’s passionate and inspired songwriting. Beginning with his high school band, the Schitz, and then t… [more below]
- Author: Pirner, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1681341727
- Language: English
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The War at Home: Minnesota During the Great War, 1914-1920
$34.95 Add to cartExploring Minnesota’s history from the beginning of the European war in 1914 through the 1920 U.S. election provides a unique vantage point from which to assess the war’s impact on American society.
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- Author: Gaut, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 168134307X
- Language: English
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Perpich: A Minnesota Original
$29.95 Add to cartThe story of Minnesota’s longest-serving governor and his role in propelling the state to the global stage, woven together from interviews with influential civic leaders.
Rudy Perpich was one of a kind
- Author: Schierer, Benjamin M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1681343088
- Language: English
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Pushing the River: An Epic Battle, a Lost History, a Near Death, and Other True Canoeing Stories
$24.95 Add to cartTales of ambition, terror, rivalry, adventure, endurance, friendship, and love on the waters of the Mississippi River and beyond.
In this collection, award-winning writer Frank Bures tells true stories
- Author: Bures, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1681343126
- Language: English
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Dear Jacob: A Mother’s Journey of Hope
$22.95 Add to cartTens of thousands of readers embraced Dear Jacob: A Mother’s Journey of Hope, first published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press in hardcover in 2023. The paperback edition, featuring a new aft… [more below]
- Author: Wetterling, Patty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1681343142
- Language: English
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Rings of Heartwood: Poems on Growing
$18.95 Add to cartGrowth is exciting–bigger, faster, stronger! But sometimes leaving behind our younger selves is hard. From bugs to bats to bears, the natural world shows us how to embrace transformation as part of l
- Author: Griffin, Molly Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1681342324
- Language: English
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The Voyageur
$22.95 Add to cartNute’s best-selling book portrays the indefatigable French-Canadian canoemen, whose labors were vital to the fur trade and whose influence reaches us through the colorful songs, place names, customs, … [more below]
- Author: Nute, Grace Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 301
- Publish Date: March 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0873512138
- Language: English
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The Language Warrior’s Manifesto: How to Keep Our Languages Alive No Matter the Odds
$18.95 Add to cartA clarion call to action, incorporating powerful stories of struggles and successes, that points the way for all who seek to preserve indigenous languages.
Across North America, dedicated language wa- Author: Treuer, Anton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1681341549
- Language: English
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Red Stained: The Life of Hilda SIMMs
$22.95 Add to cartBlack actress and activist Hilda Simms was a rising star on the stage and screen in post-WWII America until accusations of un-Americanism and communist sympathies derailed her career.
Hilda Simms eme- Author: Bell, Jokeda Jojo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1681342529
- Language: English
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Muus vs. Muus: The Scandal That Shook Norwegian America
$29.95 Add to cartIn
1880s Minnesota a remarkable lawsuit posed questions about cultural practices
in an immigrant community and the rights of its members as Americans–inspiring a wide-reaching debate about faith and fa… [more below]- Author: Stenseth, Bodil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1681342987
- Language: English
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It Took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom
$22.95 Read moreIn 1860, Eliza Winston escaped enslavement while traveling in Minnesota, where she secured her freedom through legal appeal. Her story adds powerful testimony to African American experiences and perse… [more below]
- Author: Lehman, Christopher P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1681342820
- Language: English
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Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life
$19.95 Add to cart“Far greater even than the loss of land, or the relentless coercion to surrender cultural traditions, the deaths of over six hundred children by the spring of 1864 were an unbearable tragedy. Nearly o… [more below]
- Author: Wilson, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1681340747
- Language: English
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So Cold!
$17.95 Add to cartEmbrace the cold with this engaging children’s book about a father and son who practice science experiments using household objects outside on a snowy day!
When the temperature drops far below freezin
- Author: Coy, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1681342944
- Language: English
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A Bag Worth a Pony: The Art of the Ojibwe Bandolier Bag
$39.95 Read moreBandolier bags, or gashkibidaaganag–the large, heavily beaded shoulder bags made and worn by several North American Indian tribes around the Great Lakes–are prized cultural icons here and around the… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Marcia G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1681340291
- Language: English
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It’s Milking Time
$17.95 Read moreAs the sun sets over the fields, a little girl and her father begin the evening milking. The girl gathers the cows–a “Holstein parade”–and guides them to the barn. Father and daughter work side by s… [more below]
- Author: Alsdurf, Phyllis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1681341395
- Language: English
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A Popular History of Minnesota
$22.95 Add to cartWhat do Paul Bunyan, Charles Lindbergh, and Jesse Ventura have in common? Minnesota, of course In A Popular History of Minnesota, historian Norman K. Risjord offers a grand tour of the state’s remark… [more below]
- Author: Risjord, Norman K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0873515323
- Language: English
