Minnesota Historical Society Press
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Swedes in Minnesota
$17.95 Add to cartA concise history of Swedes in Minnesota and the enormous influence that they have had on our state’s politics, history, and culture.
No ethnic group is so identified with a single state as the Swedes- Series: People of Minnesota
- Author: Gillespie Lewis, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: June 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0873514785
- Language: English
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Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities
$27.95 Add to cartAn entertaining journey into the highs, lows, bright spots, and dark corners of the Twin Cities’ most famous and infamous drinking establishments–history viewed from the barstool.
In 1838, a rum tra- Author: Lindeke, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1681341379
- Language: English
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A Murder on the Hill: The Secret Life and Mysterious Death of Ruth Munson
$24.95 Add to cartThe mysterious murder of a woman in a historic neighborhood is shrouded in scandal, innuendo, police neglect, and media sensationalism in Depression-era Minnesota. Join author Roger Barr as he searche… [more below]
- Author: Barr, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1681342898
- Language: English
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Come, You Taste: Family Recipes from the Iron Range
$27.95 Add to cartThis cookbook brings together eclectic cuisines and enticing tales to honor the Iron Range of yesteryear through traditional dishes preserved and shared over the course of a century.
Potica or kolache- Author: Carpenter, B. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0873519698
- Language: English
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Lincoln and the Indians: Civil War Policy and Politics
$19.95 Add to cartThe only thorough treatment of Lincoln’s Indian policy during the Civil War and the corrupt “Indian System” of government aid that mainly benefited ambitious whites.
- Author: Nichols, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0873518756
- Language: English
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Crazy Dave
$24.95 Add to cartThe unflinching and marvelously humane story of a man born with Down syndrome in an Ojibway community.
- Series: Native Voices
- Author: Johnston, Basil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0873514238
- Language: English
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Dakota Prisoner of War Letters: Dakota Kaskapi Okicize Wowapi
$27.95 Add to cartIn April 1863–after the Dakota War of 1862, after the hanging of thirty-eight Dakota men in the largest mass execution in U.S. history– some 270 Dakota men were moved from Mankato, Minnesota, to a p… [more below]
- Author: Canku, Clifford
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 01 2012
- ISBN10: 087351873X
- Language: English
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Bundt Cake Bliss: Delicious Desserts from Midwest Kitchens
$19.95 Add to cartRediscover the magic of Bundt baking with eighty-seven extraordinary recipes from kitchens across the Midwest.
- Author: Short, Susanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0873515854
- Language: English
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Being Dakota: Tales and Traditions of the Sisseton and Wahpeton
$19.95 Add to cartAt the beginning of the twentieth century, a few members of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota community in northeastern South Dakota, while living in the white world, quietly worked to preserve the customs… [more below]
- Author: Oneroad, Amos E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: June 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0873515307
- Language: English
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Revised and Expanded
$49.95 Add to cartA revised and updated edition of a modern classic offers answers to nearly 200 essential and thought-provoking questions about the Native people of North America.
What have you always wanted to know a- Author: Treuer, Anton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1681342650
- Language: English
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The 1968 Project: A Nation Coming of Age
$24.95 Add to cartIlluminates the extraordinary events of a pivotal year in America, with photography, eyewitness accounts, and iconic art and artifacts of the times.
- Author: Zellar, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 087351842X
- Language: English
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Complicated Fun: The Birth of Minneapolis Punk and Indie Rock, 1974-1984 — An Oral History
$24.95 Add to cartIn the early 1970s, the Minneapolis music scene was no scene at all. Radio stations played Top 40 music; bars and clubs booked only rock cover bands and blues bands. Meanwhile, cities like New York, D
- Author: Collins, Cyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1681340321
- Language: English
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Minneapolis: An Urban Biography
$18.95 Add to cartNewly updated with reflections on the city at the center of a global social uprising, this concise history of Minneapolis features stories that are familiar, surprising, and sure to change the way you… [more below]
- Author: Weber, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 168134260X
- Language: English
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Beneath the Surface: A Natural History of a Fisherman’s Lake
$32.95 Add to cartA wonderfully readable mix of natural history, biology, lake dynamics, and fishing tips, this beautiful illustrated volume reveals the fascinating underwater world of a north country lake.
Each summer- Author: Carlson, Bruce M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1681342731
- Language: English
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Last Entry Point: Stories of Danger and Death in the Boundary Waters
$19.95 Add to cartHypothermia, lightning strikes, high winds, medical emergencies, miscalculations–the dangers are real in canoe country. Last Entry Point shares tales of tragedy and near-tragedy in the Boundary Water… [more below]
- Author: Friedrichs, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1681342863
- Language: English
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The Pocket Guide to Minnesota Place Names: The Stories Behind 1,200 Places in the North Star State
$18.95 Add to cartWithin our state’s borders you’ll find such exotic place names as Amor and Darling, Fertile and Conception, Comfort and Happyland, Looneyville and Nimrod, Flour Lake and the Diarrhoea River, Great Sco… [more below]
- Series: Minnesota
- Author: Fedo, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0873514246
- Language: English
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Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State
$18.95 Add to cartA set of mutually beneficial relationships between southern slaveholders and Minnesotans kept the men and women whose labor generated the wealth enslaved.
- Author: Lehman, Christopher P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1681341352
- Language: English
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The Thunder Before the Storm: The Autobiography of Clyde Bellecourt
$19.95 Add to cartLegendary activist and AIM co-founder Clyde Bellecourt tells “the damn truth” about the American Indian Movement as he lived it.
The American Indian Movement burst onto the scene in the late 1960s as- Author: Bellecourt, Clyde
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: October 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1681341247
- Language: English
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Hot Dish Heaven: Classic Casseroles from Midwest Kitchens
$19.95 Add to cartWhat 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 Taste section editor–the delightful auntie every disc… [more below]
- Author: Burckhardt, Ann L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 13 2006
- ISBN10: 0873515684
- Language: English
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Norwegians in Minnesota
$17.95 Add to cartThe images of the Vikings professional football team, the stereotype of the “Norwegian bachelor farmer,” and even Minnesotans’ speech patterns proclaim the state’s Norwegian heritage. But Norwegian se… [more below]
- Series: People of Minnesota
- Author: Gjerde, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0873514211
- Language: English
