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GIFT GUIDE holiday

From the author of the award-winning novels

Safe from the Sea , The Lighthouse Road , Wintering (winner of the Minnesota Book Award), and Northernmost .

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The Ski Jumpers

A Novel Peter Geye

A writer and former ski jumper facing a terminal diagnosis takes one more leap—into a past of soaring flights and broken family bonds

A brilliant ski jumper has to be fearless—Jon Bargaard remembers this well. His memories of daring leaps and risks might be the key to the book he’s always wanted to write: a novel about his family,

beginning with Pops, once a champion ski jumper himself, who also took Jon and his younger brother Anton to the heights. But Jon has never been able to get past the next, ruinous episode of their history, and now that he has received a terrible diagnosis, he’s afraid he never will.

In a bravura performance, Peter Geye follows Jon deep into the past he tried so

hard to leave behind, telling the story he spent his life escaping. Traveling back and forth in time, Jon tells his family’s story— perhaps his last chance to share it—to his beloved wife Ingrid, circling ever closer to the truth about those events and his own part in them, and revealing the perhaps unforgivable violence done to the brothers’ bond.

The dream of ski jumping haunts Jon as his tale unfolds, daring time to stop just long enough to stick the landing. Peter Geye’s gorgeous prose brings the broth ers to the precipice of their relationship,

KAWAI STRONG WASHBURN

where they have to choose: each other, or the secrets they’ve held so tightly for so long.

“If Geye is Minnesota’s Thoreau, then his Pond is a frozen lake. He writes so fetchingly of Minnesota in the winter time that the state’s tourism department should distribute his books.”

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“A remarkable story about love.”

PETER HELLER “Prose that soars.”

LEIF ENGER

“Great warmth and insight . . . unforgettable.” —J. RYAN STRADAL “Achingly beautiful.”

LINDA L E GARDE GROVER

“Both distinctly Minnesotan and hugely humane . . . I was deeply moved.”

One Winter Up North

John Owens

A wordless picture-book journey through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in winter, encountering the wonders of northern wildlife in the cold season

Grab a pack, strap on snowshoes, make a path (Oh! they take some getting used to!), and venture out across the frozen lakes and through the snowy woods. The vast wintery world here is so still and

quiet, you might think you’re all alone— but no! Who made these tracks? A deer? A hare? A fox? It’s a magical place. The bright sun brilliant on the snow, the spar kling silence—wait, is that a wolf calling? Try to answer!

A wintery adventure that unfolds in pictures, John Owens’s delightful book gives readers a chance to discover—or rediscover—another season full of

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“ One Winter Up North makes me smile all the way through. I can feel the clean fresh whiteness of the snow, the warmth among the family, and the glowing light of the sun. The big open-air silence inhabits the peaceful tone of the illustrations.”

—BETSY BOWEN

Winter Up North truly

winter

Waters

One Summer Up North

Owens

along to a place of wordless wonder.

the sense

anyone

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His world is both mysterious and familiar, sinister and humorous— a borderland between the human and the fantastical, rooted in Norway’s majestic and untamed terrain.”

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Troll Magic Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway Theodor Kittelsen | Translated by Tiina Nunnally

A collection of macabre and magical folklore from the “godfather” of the Norwegian troll

Artist Theodor Kittelsen (1857–1914) spins tales of wonder around creatures rumored to haunt the fields, forests, and waterfalls of Norway. These stories, in Tiina Nunnally’s nimble translation, reveal a Nordic world of wonder, myth, and magic as real as the imagination allows.

“These are not mere fairytales. These are truths. Dark. Hidden. Truths.” —Gris Grimly

“Kittelsen’s criminally under-known tales of magi cal beings have a stamp and style all their own.” —Laird Hunt

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“ Striking ink drawings are variously haunting and raucous, combining wit and menace in such a way as to anticipate the work of later illustrators, such as Edward Gorey, Maurice Sendak, Jeffrey Alan Love.”

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The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe

Translated by Tiina Nunnally

by Neil Gaiman

weird.”

Street

Seven Ways to Trick a Troll

Happy Times in Norway

Sigrid Undset

a glorious picture of Norway before the Nazi

and timeless; a rare book for the whole family.”

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True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales

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old Norse

By the Fire Sami Folktales and Legends

Emilie Demant Hatt

by Barbara Sjoholm

unique

into Sami

The Troll With No Heart in His Body and Other Tales of Trolls from Norway

Lunge-Larsen

by Betsy Bowen

noteworthy addition to the

Sigurd and His Brave Companions

A Tale of Medieval Norway

Sigrid Undset

Illustrations by Gunvor Bull Teilman

Will make medieval Norway come alive for young and old readers alike.

Swedish Folktales and Legends

translated

and George Blecher

Thygesen

Walleye

A Beautiful Fish of the Dark Paul J. Radomski

of one of our most popular fish species, the walleye. In this wonderful book, he shares his infectious enthusiasm for the fish and its pursuit. And he also knows sound management, informed by the most fascinating aspects of walleye biology, management, and conservation with the cultural, recreational, and political forces that center on this coolwater species. Anyone even remotely masterpiece. Paul J. Radomski not only provides scientific information but also stimulates the senses as he describes his experiences with this iconic fish. As a walleye angler and a fisheries scientist, I have Minnesota that’s almost every angler), Paul J. Radomski’s Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark is a tribute to one of America’s great gamefish. This is not a how-to-catch-’em manual. Rather, readers producer, Minnesota Bound

Walleye, the holy grail of game fish: on catching them, understanding their biology and history, and ensuring their survival

Among the more than 34,000 species of fish, few have the walleye’s following— among anglers and diners, states confer ring official status on the fish, and towns battling for recognition as the Walleye

Capital of the World. And among those

passionate fans, few know the walleye as well as Paul J. Radomski does—a fisheries biologist, lake ecology scientist, and old fisherman. In Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark he unspools the mysteries of this fascinating fish.

Radomski looks at walleye from every an gle, with something to say to the curious

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Never before has a writer so successfully combined the most fascinating aspects of walleye biology, management, and conservation with the cultural, recreational, and political forces that center on this coolwater species.”

—TOM DICKSON, author of The Great Minnesota Fish Book

naturalist, committed ecologist, and avid fishing enthusiast. Radomski discusses the principles and pitfalls of managing this predator of the twilight (and the history and methods of doing so) and shares his informed perspective on when and where stocking is prudent. Finally, he explores three of the best walleye lakes: Winnebago, the largest inland walleye fishery in Wisconsin, and Mille Lacs and Red Lake in Minnesota.

is the best word on this beautiful fish of the dark.

by the best science, can help shape a better future both for walleyes and for the people who love them.”—Matthew L. Miller, author of Fishing Through the Apocalypse: An Angler’s Adventures remotely interested in the elusive, elegant, and oh-so-edible Sander vitreus will want a copy of this entertaining and highly readable book.”—Tom Dickson, author of The Great Minnesota Fish Book have read many books of a similar nature and place this with the best of them.”—Greg G. Sass, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources readers will learn about the life and times of walleyes and the intricacies of managing them in our lakes and rivers. Anglers who cherish walleye fishing on Minnesota’s Mille Lacs also will appreciate

“Paul J. Radomski has written the defini tive account of one of our most popular fish species.” —Matthew L. Miller, author of Fishing Through the Apocalypse

“A masterpiece.” —Greg G. Sass, Wis consin Department of Natural Resources

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From the simple pleasures of fishing for walleye to the most pressing questions about how this species survives, this book

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Seven Aunts Staci Lola Drouillard

Part memoir, part cultural history, these memories of seven aunts holding home and family together tell a crucial, often overlooked story of women of the twentieth century

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NEW An honor song that reveals the everyday heroism of these women’s lives.”

—DIANE WILSON, author of The Seed Keeper

Seven Aunts is an inspired patchwork of memoir and reminiscence, poetry, testimony, love letters, and family lore. Staci Lola Drouillard summons ways of life largely lost to history and reveals the true heart and soul of that history: women who defied expectations and overwhelming odds to make a place in the world for the next generation.

“Unique and compelling. Staci Lola Drouillard tells the story of her seven aunts—Anishinaabe and European—whose strength, spirit, and deter mination to thrive illustrate that of so many other women throughout history.” —Ms. Magazine

14 $15.50 $21.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1285-7 312 pages

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Making the Carry The Lives of John and TchiKi-Wis Linklater Timothy Cochrane

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Walking the Old Road A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe

Staci Lola Drouillard

16 $15.50 $21.95 paper

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Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade Timothy Cochrane

17 $15.50 $21.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0593-4

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“

There is heaven and hell in these heavenly poems.”

—DIANE GLANCY, author of Pushing the Bear

The Sky Watched Poems of Ojibwe Lives

Linda LeGarde Grover

A collective memoir in poetry of an Ojibwe family and tribal community, from creation myth to this day, updated with new poems

Reaching from the moment of creation to a newborn’s cry, The Sky Watched gives poetic voice to Ojibwe family life. In English and Ojibwe, those assembled here—voices of his tory, of memory and experience—are as expan sive and particular as the starry sky.

“Linda LeGarde Grover creates beauty, us ing words to form pictures and evoke emotion about our past and give vision to our future as a people.”—Marcie Rendon, author of the Cash Blackbear Mystery Series

$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1451-6 128 pages

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Making Love with the Land Essays

Whitehead

moving and deeply personal

of Indigenous beauty

passion in a suffering world.

$17.50 $24.95

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Gichigami

and

Misaabekong

and unique.”—Erika

, author

In the Night of Memory

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The Best Casserole Cookbook Ever

Beatrice Ojakangas

500 casseroles for every occasion—sweet and savory, hearty and light, homey and festive—from beloved James Beard Cookbook Hall of Famer Beatrice Ojakangas

Call it a hotdish, covered dish, or casserole—in these pages, you’ll find one-dish meals for every season and any occasion. Make-ahead strata and quiches; light fare or full-on midday meals; a diz zying array of dishes, meaty or vegetarian—with an ever-reliable and inspired sense of how to create a delicious meal, Beatrice Ojakangas has advice for both expert and novice about ingredi ents, equipment, and meals. Combine that with whatever you have in the pantry and fridge, and this cookbook is the perfect guide to every thing that a casserole might be.

$21.00 $29.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1343-4 624 pages

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RECIPE: SPANISH POTATO OMELET

In Spain this is called a potato tortilla, and it is often served in little squares on the tapas table. We think it is also a tasty breakfast dish. It’s a great way to use leftover cooked potatoes. Serves 6.

● 6 large eggs

● 2 cups peeled and cooked potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch dice

● 1 small onion, finely chopped

● 1 green pepper, minced

● 12 green stuffed Spanish olives, sliced

● 1 teaspoon salt

● 1/4 pound cooked ham, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

1. Preheat the oven to 3500F. Coat a 9-inch round pie pan with cooking spray.

2. In a large bowl, beat the eggs until fluffy. Stir in the remaining ingredients and turn into the prepared pan.

3. Bake, uncovered, for 40 to 45 minutes until the center is set. Cut into wedges to serve.

Finding Turtle Farm

The story of starting and running an organic farm—told by the woman who owned one of the first Community Supported Agriculture operations in the Upper Midwest

On a twenty-acre farm in 1995, Angela Tedesco planted the seeds of Turtle Farm, introducing Community Supported Agriculture to Iowa. This adventure is told from plan and plot to harvest, in an ultimately hopeful account of what it means to meet the most basic of human needs.

essential gift: the opportunity to see a woman shaped by the sacredness of the land she nurtures and the community she feeds.”

Diffley, author of Turn Here Sweet Corn

RECIPE: SPAGHETTI SQUASH WITH PESTO

In the early years, in my haste to plant certain crops, thinking earlier was always better, the emerg ing squash would many times be eaten to the ground by voracious cucumber beetles before the plants could even form their true leaves. Planting later resulted in more successful crops.

● 1 small spaghetti squash

2 cups cooked chicken, cubed or shredded

for vegan)

2 tablespoons basil pesto

1/2 cup chicken or vegetable broth

2 tablespoons pine nuts, slightly toasted

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Split the spaghetti squash in half and place in baking pan to cook until tender, about 45 minutes. When done, set aside to cool. When cool enough to handle or using hot pads, shred the squash fibers into “spa ghetti” with a fork. Place in a large skillet along with the remaining ingredients, mixing well, and heat until dish is hot. Serves 2–4.

Twenty-Acre Adventure in Community-Supported Agriculture Angela Tedesco

who

intimate charms of these storied lakeside structures

out the very best

Melvin’s

Nelson’s

Boathouses of Lake Minnetonka

Karen Melvin and Melinda Nelson Foreword by Chris Lee

A fascinating chapter of Lake Minnetonka history

Never before has a book so carefully documented the interior views and history of Lake Minnetonka’s boathouses, and with more than 400 stunning pic tures, you will feel like you are “up north at the lake.” Boathouses of Lake Minnetonka gives the reader an insider’s view into the most enchanting boathouses of Lake Minnetonka, including today’s appearance and vintage photos of nearly three dozen boathouses. Experience the fascinating stories of the history of the original families and the current owners, who consider themselves caretak ers of these alluring lakeside retreats.

Great Houses of Summit Avenue and the Hill District

Melvin, Paul Clifford Larson, Bette Hammel, Melinda Nelson, and Dave Kenney Foreword by Garrison Keillor

lavishly illustrated record of the architectural—and preservation—wonders of the most elegant neighborhoods of St. Paul

Summit Avenue, grande dame of Victorian boule vards, is lined with magnificent turn-of- the-cen tury mansions built by railroad magnates, lumber barons, and captains of industry. Great Houses of Summit Avenue and the Hill District is a celebra tion of these homes on St. Paul’s best-known and most beloved avenue, opening the doors to more than two dozen legendary homes situated on America’s best-preserved avenue from the era.

The Great Minnesota Cookie Book Award-Winning Recipes from the Star Tribune’s Holiday Cookie Contest

Svitak

and Rick Nelson

by Tom Wallace

French-Swiss butter

the best-loved recipes and bak

popular holiday cookie contest.

The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen Sean Sherman

With Beth Dooley

$24.50

Winter’s Children

A Celebration of Nordic Skiing Ryan Rodgers

The story of Nordic skiing in the Midwest—its origins and history, star athletes and races, and its place in the region’s social fabric and the nation’s winter recreation.

ski journalism achievement and a pleasure to read.” —Peter Graves, ABC Sports Olympic commentator

$24.50

Goodnight Loon

Abe Sauer

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Illustrations by Nathaniel Davauer

Goodnight Loon moves the Goodnight Moon story that so many parents know by heart into Northwoods territory.

charming retelling of a children’s classic in a distinctly northwoods voice.” —City Pages

$7.00

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Illuminates the barely perceptible line between an unrelenting passion for justice and devastating choices from which one can’t return.”

—BARRIE JEAN BORICH, author of Body Geographic

Not the Camilla We Knew One Woman’s Path from Small-town America to the Symbionese Liberation Army Rachael Hanel

The mystery of how an ordinary Minnesota girl came to be, briefly, one of the most wanted domestic terrorists in the United States

Camilla Hall’s story is of urgent interest for what it reveals about the forces of radicalization. As Rachael Hanel ventures into Camilla’s past, search ing out the critical points where character and cause intersect, her book becomes an intriguing, disturbing, and deeply moving journey into the dark side of America’s promise.

“A book about one woman’s quest to understand another, to find the empathy and humanity that live beyond the headlines.” —Melissa Faliveno, author of Tomboyland: Essays

30 $12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1345-8 248 pages ● 17 b&w images ● AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2022 (ready for pre-order now; delivers in late Dec. 2022)

We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down Memoir of a Gravedigger’s Daughter Rachael Hanel

“Humorously heartbreaking, philosophically engaging, intellectually stimulating . . . brooding yet ever hopeful.” —Shelf Awareness

$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-8346-8

Thirty Rooms to Hide In Insanity, Addiction, and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic Luke Longstreet Sullivan

The remarkable story of six brothers growing up in the ’50s and ’60s as their father—a highly respected Mayo Clinic surgeon—slowly goes insane.

$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-7971-3

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Hudson Bay Bound

Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic

Natalie Warren Foreword by Ann Bancroft

“Spreads the gospel of outdoor adventure for teenage girls who feel like they don’t fit in.” —Outside

33 $12.00 $16.95 paper

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Days Like Smoke A Minnesota Boyhood

Jon Hassler

Foreword by Will Weaver

Afterword by Peter A. Donahue

The memoir of a small-town childhood by one of Minne sota’s favorite writers.

35 $16.00 $22.95 hardcover

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Raising Ollie

How My Nonbinary ArtNerd Kid Changed (Nearly) Everything I Know Tom Rademacher

How raising a nonbinary kid can teach us so much about who we are and what we’re doing in the world.

$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1173-7

Flying Funny

My Life without a Net Dudley Riggs

Foreword by Al Franken

Laughs and insights from the Brave New Workshop’s founder.

“Dudley Riggs made people think, but mostly he made them laugh their asses off.” —Louie Anderson

$16.00

Watershed

Attending to Body and Earth in Distress Ranae Lenor Hanson

● Minnesota Book Award for Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

“Will be an aid to many as they grapple with our difficult moment.” —Bill McKibben

34 $14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1097-6

The Last Bookseller

A Life in the Rare Book Trade

Gary Goodman

“Highly recommended, partly for Goodman’s portrait of a lost world, but also for its colorful dramatis personae.”

—The Washington Post

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It Won’t Be Easy

An Exceedingly Honest (and Slightly Unprofession al) Love Letter to Teaching

Tom Rademacher

Foreword by Dave Eggers

“Honest, inspiring, and often humorous.” —Booklist

$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0112-7

The Senator Next Door

A Memoir from the Heartland

Amy Klobuchar

“Amy Klobuchar’s journey is one of incredible perseverance and success.” —Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In

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$14.00

paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0227-8

PETER RACHLEFF, co-executive

East Side Freedom Library

Strike!

Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law

William D. Green

The complex and dramatic history of an illegal teachers’ strike that forever altered labor relations and Minnesota politics

This book recreates twenty days in April 1970 when a then-illegal strike by Minneapolis’s public school teachers marked a singular moment of cultural upheaval—and forever changed the city’s politics, labor law, educational climate, and the right to col lective bargaining.

by interviews, firsthand accounts, news reports, and written records, Strike! brings to life a pivotal moment not just for Minneapolis’s teachers but for the city, whose government, school system, and culture would change course for good.

$14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1295-6

$56.00 $80.00 library cloth ISBN 978-1-5179-1344-1

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Nellie Francis

for Racial Justice and Women’s Equality in Minnesota

D. Green

must-read. Nellie’s story reminds us of the limited friendship and courage many ‘white friends’ have when that courage is critically needed.”

Johnson, author of Hope in the Struggle

Degrees of Freedom

Origins of Civil Rights

Minnesota, 1865–1912

D. Green

Hognander MN History Award

probing and elegantly written.”

History

ISBN 978-1-5179-0933-8

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This Contested Land

The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America’s National Monuments

McKenzie Long

McKenzie Long visits thirteen national monuments and writes an eyeopening exploration of the stories these natural sites tell, the passions they stir, and the controversies surrounding them.

“This book explores crevices for meaning and truth in what for many is a gray area between politics and place. This is a vivid, smart, and overdue book.” —Kathryn Aalto, author of Writing Wild

45 $17.50 $24.95

Break Point

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Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX Sheri Brenden

Break Point tells the story of how two Minnesota teenagers took on the un equal system of high school athletics, setting a legal precedent for schools nationwide before the passage of Title IX.

“Wonderfully readable and engaging. The court’s decision changed lives, and we should never forget the stories of the young women who had the courage to stand and fight for their opportunity to play high school sports.” —Sarah K. Fields, author of Game Faces

46 $14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1458-5 200 pages ● 15 b&w images

AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2022 (ready for pre-order now; delivers in late Dec. 2022)

In the Company of Grace A Veterinarian’s Memoir of Trauma and Healing

Jody Lulich

This is Jody Lulich’s moving memoir about finding strength in healing— and power in confronting the darkness of his youth.

“Despite suffering true tragedies as a child, Jody Lulich grew up to be a veterinarian who shows deep compassion to both people and animals. His devotion to his mentor and mother figure, Grace Hooks, inspires admiration and an understanding of a true loving relationship. Don’t miss this remark able book.” —Laura Shaine Cunningham, author of Sleeping Arrangements

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Grace & Grit

A History of Ballet in Minnesota

Georgia Finnegan | Foreword by Rochelle Zide-Booth

Grace & Grit is a comprehensive and long overdue history of ballet in Minnesota. Dance insider Georgia Finnegan has created a remarkable resource, featuring both

moving

stories as well as factual accounts.

$24.50

A Tender Spirit, A Vital Form

Arlene Burke-Morgan & Clarence Morgan

Howard Oransky, Editor

Prolifically illustrated with reproductions of works by nationally and international ly acclaimed artists Clarence Morgan and Arlene Burke-Morgan, this is the catalog for a Katherine E. Nash Gallery exhibition at the University of Minnesota in 2023.

$24.50

The Dylan Tapes

Friends, Players, and Lovers

Talkin’ Early Bob Dylan

Anthony Scaduto

Edited by Stephanie Trudeau

raw material and interviews behind Anthony Scaduto’s

of Bob Dylan.

$21.00

Lemon Jail

On the Road with the Replacements

“Page-turning.”

$12.00 $16.95

My Life in the Purple Kingdom

BrownMark

With Cynthia M. Uhrich

Foreword by Questlove

A Kirkus and Rolling Stone Best Music Books of

selection

—Library Journal

ISBN 978-1-5179-1375-5

Got to Be Something Here

The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound

Andrea Swensson

Foreword by Jellybean Johnson

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Scandinavia since 1500 Second Edition

Byron J. Nordstrom

in an expanded, updated edition, this definitive chronicle of five centuries of Scandinavian history incorporates the geopolitical developments and momen tous events that have marked the Nordic world in recent decades.

$21.00

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From Lapland to Sápmi

Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture

Barbara Sjoholm

written and amply illustrated, with contextual notes on language and Nordic history, From Lapland to Sápmi brings to light the history of collecting, displaying, and returning Sámi material culture.

$24.50

Children of the Northlights

Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

“The loveliest book the d’Aulaires have given us . . . a book to own and cherish.”

—Library Journal

Nils

Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

A loving tale of a boy who

of becoming a cow boy while also embracing his

heritage.

Leif the Lucky

Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

A delightful tale of the young Viking explorer Leif Erikson.

“Mr. and Mrs. d’Aulaire are at their enchanting best.”

—New York Times

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Ola

Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

“A picture of Norway . . . so complete and vivid that a reader of any age can gain from the book real knowledge and understanding of the country.” —New York Times

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Olav Audunssøn

III. Crossroads

NEW

IN THE OLAV AUDUNSS Ø

TETRALOGY

Sigrid Undset | Translated by Tiina Nunnally

The third volume of Olav Audunssøn finds Olav heartbroken by loss. Crossroads summons a powerful picture of Northern life in medieval times.

“Engrossing . . . fans of well-researched historical epics ought to check this out.”

Weekly

$12.50

Olav Audunssøn

II. Providence

Sigrid Undset

Translated by Tiina Nunnally

“A central part of a master

of modernist

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Olav Audunssøn

I. Vows

Sigrid Undset

Translated by Tiina Nunnally

“An absorbing, psychologically rich tale that promises to grow deeper and more memorable.”

Street Journal

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The Promise of America

A History of the NorwegianAmerican People

Odd S. Lovoll

“The several hundred blackand-white photographs are a moving record of the Norwegian immigrant experience.”

Swede Hollow

A Novel Ola Larsmo

Translated by Tiina Nunnally

“Extensively researched and beautifully translated

an intimate look at the

The Promise Fulfilled

A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today

Odd S. Lovoll

“The most detailed study of any American immigrant group in this regard. Marvelously readable.” —Choice

$17.50

978-0-8166-2833-9

Clearing Out

A Novel

Helene Uri

Translated by Barbara Sjoholm

“A well-crafted investigation of the stories we inherit and the stories we create.”

Vida

978-1-5179-0652-8

NEW

An ultimate triumph!”

—TIM JOHNSON, Curator of the Sherlock Holmes Collections, University of Minnesota Libraries

Rafferty’s Last Case (#9) A Minnesota Mystery Featuring

Sherlock Holmes

Larry Millett

Set amid the glittering society and sordid underworld of 1928 St. Paul, Larry Millett’s ninth and final Shadwell Rafferty mystery takes readers through the serpentine twists of Rafferty’s fatal investigation.

“A hair-raising plot, rich in period detail, and crawling with intriguing characters, Rafferty’s Last Case is a terrific read.”

—W.A. Winter, author of The Secret Lives of Dentists

68 $18.00 $25.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1311-3

Sherlock Holmes and the Eisendorf Enigma (#8)

Larry Millett

Links events in 1892 Germany with 1920 Minnesota, testing the aging detective’s mettle.

“Elegant and entertaining.”

—Allen Eskens, author of The Life We Bury

$12.00 $16.95 paper

978-1-5179-0760-0

The Magic Bullet (#6)

A Locked Room Mystery

Featuring Shadwell Rafferty and Sherlock Holmes

Larry Millett

“Diabolically clever . . . an allaround winner.”

review

Strongwood (#7)

A Crime Dossier

Larry Millett

Pursues the tangled truth behind the killing of a spoiled young heir.

“Absorbing.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1061-7

The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (#5)

Larry Millett

Nonstop suspense unfolds as Sherlock Holmes and Watson travel from London to New York to Chicago in pursuit of a vicious and cunning killer.

$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-6993-6

Heritage Series

$10.50

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (#4)

Millett

Minnesota

William

HISTORICAL DRAMAS SET ON RAINY LAKE BY MARY CASANOVA

Frozen (#1)

Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (#3)

Larry Millett

and Watson are off to retrieve the newly discovered Kensington Rune Stone—but the farmer who found the mysterious stone is murdered.

978-0-8166-7704-7

Heritage Series

Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (#2)

Larry Millett

1896 and St. Paul’s Winter Carnival is under way when Holmes and Watson are sum moned after a murder.

solid, complex mystery.”

Weekly

Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (#1)

Larry Millett

only is his Minnesota his tory excellent, but his history of Sherlock Holmes and his ad ventures is remarkable. A classic mystery.”

Thayer

Ice-Out (#2)

Waterfall: A Novel (#3)

reemergence

MINNESOTA TRILOGY BY VIDAR SUNDST Ø L

BY TIINA NUNNALLY

superb reading experience.”

Reviews, starred review

The Land of Dreams (#1)

Only the Dead (#2)

The Ravens (#3)

The ABC Bunny Wanda Gág

Hand Letters by Howard Gág

● Newbery Honor Book

An accident with an Apple drives Bunny from Bunnyland to Elsewhere. Every letter in the alphabet is represented in Bunny’s journey.

83 $7.00 $9.95 board book ISBN 978-1-5179-1289-5

The Lost Forest

Phyllis Root Illustrations by Betsy Bowen

Honorable Mention: National Outdoor Book Award

The story of a forest “lost” by a surveying error—and all the flora and fauna to be found.

85 $12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-9796-0

pages

30 color

2019

One North Star A Counting Book

Phyllis Root

Illustrations by Beckie Prange and Betsy Bowen

John Burroughs Association’s Riverby Award

Northeastern Minnesota Book Award

Midwest Booksellers Choice Award

$12.00 $16.95 hardcover

978-0-8166-5063-7

The Big Island

A Story of Isle Royale

Julian May Illustrations by John Schoenherr

First published in 1968, this engrossing and beautiful picture book about wildlife on Isle Royale is available again.

$12.50 $17.95 hardcover

15 color

Bim, Bam, Bop . . . and Oona

Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Illustrations by Larry Day

An irresistible read-aloud picture book, in which a little odd-duck-out discov ers her unique strengths.

84 $7.00 $9.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1296-3

2022

Creekfinding A True Story

Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Illustrations by Claudia McGehee

● New York Public Library: A Top 100 Best Book for Kids

Green Earth Book Award

The true story of how a creek can be brought back to life, and how Mike Osterholm did it.

86 $12.00 $16.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-9802-8

2017

Hush Hush, Forest Mary Casanova

Woodcuts by Nick Wroblewski

● Midwest Booksellers Choice Award

● Northeastern Minnesota Book Award

“A soothing and superb story.”

—Kirkus Reviews

88 $12.00 $16.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-9425-9

pages

color

2018

Johnny’s Pheasant

Cheryl Minnema

Illustrations by Julie Flett

Charlotte Zolotow Award from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center

“A delightful celebration of intergenerational love.” —Publishers Weekly

978-1-5179-1069-3

2022

$12.00 $16.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0501-9

Downloadable

Begin with a Bee Liza Ketchum, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, and Phyllis Root Illustrations by Claudia McGehee

● Green Earth Book Award longlist

● John Burroughs Association’s Riverby Award

● Bank Street’s List of Best Children’s Books of the Year

Looking closely at the life cycle of the rusty-patched bumblebee, the first bee to appear on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species list.

“Educators, caregivers, and young readers will all be buzzing with delight. This book is the bee’s knees.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

91 $12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0804-1

pages

color illustrations

2021

Grandmother’s Pigeon Louise Erdrich Illustrations by Jim LaMarche

Through the words of a curious grandchild, Grandmother’s legacy unfolds in all its peculiarity and charm. Mixing whimsy and gravity with science and history, here is a world animated by Louise Erdrich’s storytelling magic.

“Impeccably paired, text and art gracefully build to a conclusion that both reassures and startles. Magical from beginning to end.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

92 $12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1147-8

pages ● 18 color illustrations ● 2021

Yang Warriors Kao Kalia Yang Illustrations by Billy Thao

An inspiring tale of resourceful children confronting adversaries in a refu gee camp.

“Yang Warriors is a gentle reminder that superheroes come in all shapes and sizes.” —Carole Lindstrom, author of We Are Water Protectors

“The lessons are not for children so much as from them, and I remain grateful to Master Me and his tiny band of heart warriors for this demon stration of love in action.” —Liz Garton Scanlon, author of All the World

93 $12.00 $16.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0798-3

pages

18 color illustrations

2021

A Natural Curiosity The Story of the Bell Museum

Lansing Shepard, Don Luce, Barbara Coffin, and Gwen Schagrin

Since its start in 1872 as a one-room cabinet of curiosities, the University of Minne sota’s Bell Museum of natural history has become one of the state’s most impor tant cultural institutions. This gorgeously illustrated book chronicles remarkable discoveries and personalities that have made the Bell Museum what it is today.

$24.50

Loon Lessons

978-1-5179-1036-5

Uncommon Encounters with the Great Northern Diver

James D. Paruk

Written by one of the world’s foremost experts on the subject, Loon Lessons documents more than twenty-five years of research about the common loon.

“Anyone who has thrilled to the yodel of a loon on a moonlit lake will love this book.” —Scott Weidensaul, author of A World on the Wing

$17.50 $24.95

978-1-5179-0940-6

Birds in Minnesota Revised and Expanded Edition

Robert B. Janssen

In the nearly half-century since the first publication of the landmark Birds in Minne sota, the state’s bird populations have undergone dramatic changes. This revised, expanded edition reflects the most recent advances in birding, making it the indispensable resource for birdwatchers in Minnesota, amateur and professional.

$24.50 $34.95

North Shore

978-1-5179-0701-3

A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast

Chel Anderson and Adelheid Fischer

A comprehensive environmental history of one of Minnesota’s beloved places.

North Shore reminds us that the natural history of the region is still being writ ten, and that all of us who live near its shores are the creators of the next chapter.”

Ely Winter Times

$28.00 $39.95

978-0-8166-3232-9

The Breeding Birds of Minnesota

and

Lee A. Pfannmuller, Gerald J. Niemi, and Janet C. Green Foreword by Francesca J. Cuthbert

comprehensive and in-depth assess ment

Minnesota’s breeding birds in nearly a

Breeding Birds of Minnesota

detailed,

of those

present

Minnesota Railroads A Photographic History, 1940–2012

Steve Glischinski

“A fine record of railroad ing in the North Star State.” —Railfan & Railroad

$28.00 $39.95 hardcover

978-0-8166-7591-3

Twilight Rails

The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Midwest

H. Roger Grant

“A cogent glimpse into why the twilight railroads devel oped, what needs they fulfilled and why they largely wound up being business failures.” —Akron Railroad Club

101 $28.00 $39.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-6562-4 296 pages

64 b&w images

maps

The Great Northern Railway A History

Ralph W. Hidy, Muriel E. Hidy, Roy V. Scott, and Don L. Hofsommer

The definitive history of one of the nation’s great transcontinental railroads.

$21.00 $29.95 paper

978-0-8166-4429-2

The 400 Story

Chicago & North Western’s Premier Passenger Trains

Jim Scribbins

Tracing the rise and fall of the premier passenger system that made “Twin Cities 400” a household term in the upper Midwest.

105 $21.00 $29.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-5449-9 232 pages

Minneapolis and the Age of Railways

Don L. Hofsommer

“Gracefully hearkens back to this formative time in the history of the country and of Minneapolis. This is an intriguing book, rich in historical detail.” —Scale Rails

100 $21.00 $29.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4502-2

pages

224 b&w images

maps

The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway A Photographic History

Don L. Hofsommer

“This book is first rate in all respects and adds new di mension to the M&StL story.” —The Michigan Railfan

$35.00 $49.95 paper

978-0-8166-5132-0

Rails to the North Star A Minnesota Railroad Atlas

Richard S. Prosser

Foreword by Don L. Hofsommer

“Mandatory for the shelf of anyone interested in Min nesota railroad history.” —Classic Trains

104 $21.00 $29.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-5267-9 304 pages

24 b&w images ● 32 maps

2007 Fesler-Lampert Heritage Series

Milwaukee Road Remembered

Jim Scribbins

“If you ever wondered why the Twin Cities are covered with train tracks, you will want to check out Milwaukee Road Remembered.” —Twin Cities

Daily Planet

341 b&w images

18 color images

2008 Fesler-Lampert Heritage Series

106 $21.00 $29.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-5625-7 168 pages

191 b&w images

Fesler-Lampert Heritage Series

10 color images

2008

The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald Eyewitness Accounts from the U.S. Coast Guard Hearings

Michael Schumacher, editor

A documentary drawn from testimony at the Coast Guard’s official inquiry looks anew at one of the most storied, and mysterious, shipwrecks in American history.

“If you think you have read everything there is that’s worth reading on the Fitzgerald, think again.” —Detroit Marine Historian

107 $14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0644-3

pages

70 b&w images

1 map

tables

2019

Mighty Fitz The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Michael Schumacher

● Michigan Notable Books List

● Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association

“The allure of this doomed ship and its missing men remains as strong as ever.” —Wall Street Journal

108 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-8081-8 256 pages

2012

Torn in Two

Fesler-Lampert Heritage Series

The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man’s Survival on the Open Sea

Michael Schumacher

A gripping tale of one of the worst shipwrecks in Great Lakes history and of remarkable survival against all odds.

“For wreck junkies, this is a treasure trove.” —Star Tribune

109 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0448-7

pages

53

November’s Fury

The Deadly Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913

Michael Schumacher

The ultimate story of man versus nature, November’s Fury recounts the deadliest storm in Great Lakes maritime history.

“A moving and historically rich account of spectacular survivals, daring rescues, and heartbreaking loss.” —Andrew Kantar, author of Deadly Voyage

110 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-8720-6

pages

Flames of Discontent

The 1916 Minnesota

Strike

Kaunonen

Seven Iron Men

The Merritts and the Discovery of the Mesabi Range

Paul de Kruif

“One of the most melodramat ic stories in American history.” —H. L. Mencken, The Nation

$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-5262-4

b&w images

The White Pine Industry in Minnesota

A History

Agnes M. Larson

Foreword by Bradley J. Gills

“A welcome reminder of how previous generations wrote about history.” —H-Net Reviews

$12.50 $17.95 paper

Fesler-Lampert Heritage Series

978-0-8166-5149-8

$12.00 $16.95

The Boomer A Story of the Rails

Harry Bedwell

Introduction by James D. Porterfield

The golden age of American railroading brought to life with legendary Eddie Sand.

978-0-8166-4906-8

The Hook and Eye

A History of the Iowa Central Railway

Don L. Hofsommer

expertly researched and handsomely produced.”

—H. Roger Grant

Fesler-Lampert Series

By the Ore Docks

A Working People’s History of Duluth

Richard Hudelson and Carl Ross

A compelling history of the people who built Duluth and their fight for fair labor.

$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4637-1

The Tootin’ Louie

A History of the Minneap olis and St. Louis Railway

Don L. Hofsommer

“The most comprehensive, informative, and entertaining railroad history a reader could want.” —Western Historical Quarterly

$28.00

ISBN 978-0-8166-4366-0

Dining Car to the Pacific

The “Famously Good”

Food of the Northern Pacific Railway

A. McKenzie

tribute to the lost era of the railway dining car.

The Ford Century in Minnesota Brian McMahon

• Minnesota Society of Architectural Historians David Stanley Gebhard Award

What it was like to work at Ford Motor Company—through the Depression, World War II, women joining the workforce, globalization, outsourcing, the clos ing of the Twin Cities Assembly Plant in 2011, and more.

120 $28.00 $39.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-3719-5

376 pages ● 190 b&w images

2016

This publication was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society

the

and Cultural Heritage Fund. Any views, findings, opinions, conclusions or

of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the State of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical Society, or the Minnesota Historic Resources Advisory Committee.

Everybody’s Heard about the Bird

The True Story of 1960s Rock ’n’ Roll in Minnesota

Rick Shefchik

• Certificate of Merit: Association for Recorded Sound Collections – Best Historical Research in Recorded Rock Music

“Shefchik’s meticulously researched history is the authoritative document of this early, fertile era of rock ‘n’ roll.” —Minnesota History

121 $21.00 $29.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-9319-1

pages

130 b&w images

Non-Stop A Turbulent History of Northwest Airlines Jack El-Hai

Non-Stop captures the broad context and intriguing details as it weaves togeth er the accounts of individuals who gave Northwest Airlines its unique character.

“A bright chronicle of one of the nation’s legacy airlines. Full of mid-century cool, this book soars along on a powerful slipstream of nostalgia.” —Newsweek

$28.00 $39.95

St. Paul Union Depot John W. Diers

978-0-8166-7445-9

• Minnesota Society of Architectural Historians David Stanley Gebhard Award

A landmark history of St. Paul’s historic Union Depot and a tale of a bygone era when travel and adventure meant passenger trains.

“Outstanding. “ —Michigan Railfan

123 $28.00 $39.95 hardcover

978-0-8166-5610-3

Take My Word for It A Dictionary of English Idioms

Anatoly Liberman

Take the cake. Raining cats and dogs. We hear such phrases every day, but this book is the first all-encompassing etymo logical guide to their meanings and origins. Spanning more than three centuries, Take My Word for It is a fascinating win dow into the surprisingly short history of idioms in English. Widely known for his studies of word origins, Anatoly Liber man explains more than one thousand idioms, both popular and obscure, occurring in both American and British standard English and including many regional expressions.

124 $16.00 $22.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1412-7

pages ● AVAILABLE JANUARY 2023 (available for pre-order now)

Eastcliff

History of a Home

Karen Fults Kaler

Built as a family home in 1922, Eastcliff, a twenty-room estate in St. Paul on the banks of the Mississippi River, has been the official residence for presidents of the University of Minne sota since 1961. Here are the Georgian colonial-style facade, the tennis court, and an early, do-it-yourself saltwater pool.

There are visits from Helen Keller, Katharine Hepburn, the Dalai Lama. Eastcliff: History of a Home reveals the story of this building and those it housed and hosted over a century of momentous change, told by an insider.

125 $21.00 $29.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1376-2

pages

b&w images

AVAILABLE APRIL 2023 (available for pre-order

Once There Were Castles

Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities

Larry Millett

“Inspiring, tragic, humor ous, and scandalous, the assembled building biographies reflect the extremes of their times.”

—Architecture Minnesota

126 $28.00 $39.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-7430-5

pages

b&w images

2011

Elizabeth Scheu Close

A Life in Modern Architecture

Jane King Hession

Foreword by Joan Soranno

“Throws light on a littleknown era: the first steps of modernism in Min nesota.”—Linda Mack, former architecture critic, Star Tribune

128 $28.00 $39.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0857-7

pages

128 b&w images

24 color images

2020

Days on the Family Farm From the Golden Age through the Great Depression

Carrie A. Meyer

“Can give you insight into your own farm ancestors’ experienc es.” —Family Tree Magazine

• Minnesota Book Award

Minnesota Modern Architecture and Life at Midcentury

Larry Millett

Photography by Denes Saari and Maria Forrai Saari

Minnesota Society of Architectural Historians David Stanley Gebhard Award

$35.00 $49.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-8329-1

Metropolitan Dreams

The Scandalous Rise and Stunning Fall of a Minneapolis Masterpiece

Larry Millett

The story of one of Minne sota’s most famous and most mourned buildings.

$21.00

ISBN 978-1-5179-0416-6

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota

The Writer and His Friends at Home

Dave Page

Photography by Jeff Krueger

A look at the life of the Great American Novelist in St. Paul.

$12.50

131 $28.00 $39.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0299-5

pages

The Bohemian Flats A Novel

Mary Relindes Ellis

“Fascinating for what it tells us about the past and how world events, family secrets, and en trenched prejudice can follow us from country to country—and era to era.”

—Minnesota Magazine

132 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-9220-0

100 b&w images

400 color images

2017

Legends of Paul Bunyan

Harold W. Felton, Editor

Illustrations by Richard Bennett

Foreword by James Stevens

The collected lore of Minne sota’s favorite lumberjack hero, featuring more than thirty authors.

133 $13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-5460-4

b&w images

2008

Fesler-Lampert Series

134 $17.50 $25.00

$70.00

Settler Colonial City Racism and Inequity in Postwar Minneapolis

David Hugill

• Hognander Minnesota History Award

“Profoundly important.”

—Coll Thrush

978-1-5179-0480-7

The Children of Lincoln White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860–1876

William D. Green

Hognander Minnesota History Award

$16.00 $22.95

978-1-5179-1200-0

Voices of Rondo

Oral Histories of Saint Paul’s Historic Black Community

As Told to Kate Cavett

Foreword by David Vassar Taylor

Reflections on the historic Rondo neighborhood from thirty-three former residents.

$14.00

978-1-5179-0343-5

Fesler-Lampert Series

Crossing the Barriers

The Autobiography

of Allan H. Spear

Allan H. Spear Foreword by Barney Frank Afterword by John Milton

“Beautifully written.”

—Minnesota History

978-0-8166-7040-6

Hope in the Struggle A Memoir

Josie R. Johnson

With Carolyn Holbrook and Arleta Little

“While there is still work to be done, with (Josie’s) help, there will always be hope.”

—Walter Mondale

136 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0445-6

A Peculiar Imbalance

The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Minnesota, 1837–1869

William D. Green

The untold story of what it meant to be a black member of early Minnesota society.

$16.00 $22.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-9730-4

Fesler-Lampert Heritage Series

Fear and Loving in South Minneapolis

Jim Walsh

Foreword by Tommy Mischke

Mapping an urban life built on human connections.

“As fine a writer as the Twin Cities has ever spawned.”

—Bob Collins, MPR

$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0605-4

The Wedding Heard

’Round the World America’s First Gay Marriage

Michael McConnell

With Jack Baker

As Told to Gail Langer Karwoski

“An instant classic.”

—Lambda Literary

$11.00

paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1065-5

Reminds

The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself Racial Myths and Our American Narratives

David Mura

From the country’s founding through the summer of Black Lives Matter in 2020, David Mura shows how deeply we need to change our racial nar ratives to dissolve the myth of Whiteness and fully acknowledge the experiences of Black Americans.

“The rare book that pulls off the magic trick of taking an incredibly explosive issue and disarming it with such grace as to make elusive truths feel suddenly accessible.” —Mat Johnson, author of Pym, Loving Day, and Invisible Things

“Mura offers what so many white Americans claim they want: a rigorous education in perceiving themselves stripped of their dearest myths.” —Douglas Kearney, author of Optic Subwoof

what’s been

MARLON JAMES, winner of the

Booker Prize

$17.50 $24.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1454-7 304 pages ● AVAILABLE JANUARY 2023 (available for pre-order now)

Tell

146 $24.50

history.

North Country The Making of Minnesota

Mary Lethert Wingerd

● Hognander Minnesota History Award

“Challenges readers to rethink

History

978-0-8166-4868-9

The Contest

The 1968 Election and the War for America’s Soul

Michael Schumacher

A dramatic, deeply informed account of one of the most

elections and periods in American history.

The Infamous Harry Hayward

A True Account of Murder and Mesmerism in Gilded Age Minneapolis Shawn Francis Peters

thrilling page-turner that’s almost too shocking to believe—but you can believe it.”

Pages

$11.00

Lost Minnesota Stories of Vanished Places

Jack El-Hai

Tour forgotten landmarks throughout the state.

“Recreates the values, lifestyles and landscapes of bygone eras.” —Architecture Minnesota

147 $14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-3515-3

Professor Berman

The Last Lecture of Minnesota’s Greatest

Public Historian

Hy Berman

With Jay Weiner

Describes a rich life devoted to teaching that reached far beyond the classroom.

149 $17.50 $24.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0106-6

2019

Minneapolis Madams

The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront

Penny A. Petersen

“Poses universal fundamen tal questions as relevant and controversial today as they were then.” Arvonne Fraser

$17.50

Greed, Rage, and Love Gone Wrong Murder in Minnesota

Bruce Rubenstein

Unearths evidence from ten Minnesota murders.

Law and Politics

978-0-8166-4338-7

978-0-8166-6524-2

The Crusade for Forgotten Souls

Reforming Minnesota’s

Institutions, 1946-1954

Bartlett Foote

Minnesota Book Award

Midwestern History Association

Garland Prize

Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings

Mary Siisip Geniusz

Edited by Wendy Makoons Geniusz; Illustrations by Annmarie Geniusz

“A thoroughly engaging, holistic, and vibrant book. Every chapter made me hungry for more.” —Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass

154 $16.00 $22.95

978-0-8166-9676-5

Fresh from the Garden

An Organic Guide to Grow ing Vegetables, Berries, and Herbs in Cold Climates

John Whitman

Garden Writers of America Media Award Gold Winner

“An excellent resource for home gardeners at any level.”—Booklist

$35.00 $49.95 hardcover

978-0-8166-9839-4

Sedges and Rushes of Minnesota

The Complete Guide to Species Identification

Welby R. Smith

Photography by Richard Haug

“A magnificent resource.” —Bryan Wood, Executive Director, Audubon Center of the North Woods

$28.00

Growing Perennials in Cold Climates

Revised and Updated Edition

Mike Heger, John Whitman, and Debbie Lonnee

“Owning this is like having a master gardener at your side every day.” —The Phoenix Spirit

$28.00 $39.95 paper

978-0-8166-7588-3

Searching for Minnesota’s Native Wildflowers

A Guide for Beginners, Botanists, and Everyone in Between

Phyllis Root

Photography by Kelly Povo

The wonder of wildflowers within easy reach.

$17.50 $24.95 lithocase ISBN 978-1-5179-0481-4

Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota

Welby R. Smith

The indispensable guide for identifying trees and shrubs in Minnesota.

“A highly readable, wellorganized guide.” —Rochester Post-Bulletin

158 $42.00 $59.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-4065-2

images

2008

Growing Fruit in the Upper Midwest

Don Gordon

“I would recommend it highly to anyone growing fruit in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, or South Dakota.”

—Rochester Post

160 $17.50

paper ISBN 978-0-8166-1878-1

Breakfast with Beatrice 250 Recipes from Sweet Cream Waffles to Swedish Farmer’s Omelets

Beatrice Ojakangas

“The definitive greatest-hits compilation from an American culinary hall of famer.” —The Washington Post

161 $14.00 $19.95 paper

978-1-5179-0495-1

The Great Scandinavian Baking Book

Beatrice Ojakangas

Fame

Recipes for authentic morsels from the north country.

163 $13.00 $18.95 paper

978-0-8166-3496-5

162 $12.00

Homemade

Finnish Rye, Feed Sack Fashion, and Other Simple Ingredients from My Life in Food

Beatrice Ojakangas

Northeastern Minnesota Book

for Memoir

ISBN 978-1-5179-0447-0

Pot Pies

Beatrice Ojakangas

Forty recipes for the ultimate comfort food, from Finnish Country Vegetable Pie to Herbed Leek and Chèvre Tart, Seafood Gumbo Pie, Venison Pot Pie, and Pizza Pot Pie.

164 $10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4227-4

Quick Breads

Beatrice Ojakangas

Scrumptious breads perfect for today’s busy cook. Beatrice Ojakangas presents more than sixty tasty and inventive reci pes, including Cheddar Apple Bread and Sour Cream Cinnamon Coffee Cake.

165 $10.50 $14.95

978-0-8166-4228-1

Great Old-Fashioned American Recipes

Beatrice Ojakangas

American classics filled with country goodness—Swedish Meatballs to ChocolateApplesauce Cake.

“Delightful.” —Publishers Weekly

167 $13.00

978-0-8166-4810-8

Great Whole Grain Breads

Beatrice Ojakangas

Illustrations by Susan Gaber

“Possibly the best such bread book on the market. Every rec ipe a winner.” —Jane Brody

166 $13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4150-5

168 $13.00

Great Old-Fashioned American Desserts

Beatrice Ojakangas

Recaptures delicious tastes from Lemon Icebox Cake to Applesauce Crisp—an entic ing tour of the desserts of America’s rich food heritage.

ISBN 978-0-8166-4437-7

The Steger Homestead Kitchen Simple Recipes for an Abundant Life Will Steger and Rita Mae Steger | With Beth Dooley

An inspiring collection of meals and memories at the home of explorer Will Steger.

“Whether curious about cooking chicken or corn over an open fire, searching for new bread recipes or in need of ideas to feed a crowd, there is something for everyone across a variety of tastes and dietary requirements.” —Shelf Awareness

169 $19.50 $27.95 lithocase

978-1-5179-0974-1

The Soup and Bread Cookbook Beatrice Ojakangas

More than one hundred delectable and satisfying soup and bread pairings.

“Perfect for traditional holiday recipes or impromptu get-togethers, every ingredient contains only in-season vegetables or fruits. Ojakangas’s creative and flavorful recipes are a soulful reminder of the ‘pleasure of soup and bread.’”

—Publishers Weekly

170 $14.00 $19.95 paper

pages

978-1-5179-1041-9

The Perennial Kitchen Simple Recipes for a Healthy Future

Beth Dooley | Photography by Mette Nielsen

Recipes and resources connect thoughtfully grown, gathered, and prepared ingre dients to a healthy future—for food, farming, and humankind.

“A cookbook that manages to be both universal and forward-looking.” —Civil Eats

171 $19.50 $27.95

Sweet Nature A Cook’s Guide to Using Honey and Maple Syrup

Beth Dooley and Mette Nielsen

“Easy-to-make recipes burst ing with global flavors, from fermented hot chili sauce to citrus maple-cured salmon . . . brilliant pairings.”

—Darra Goldstein, founding editor of Gastronomica

$17.50 $24.95 lithocase

978-1-5179-0470-8

978-1-5179-0949-9

Savory Sweet

Simple Preserves from a Northern Kitchen

Beth Dooley and Mette Nielsen

● Gourmand Award for US Pastry

“Masterfully created recipes on preserving the northern way.” —Paul Berglund, James Beard Foundation Best Chef: Midwest

173 $17.50 $24.95 lithocase ISBN 978-0-8166-9958-2

Let’s Go Fishing!

Fish Tales from the North Woods

Eric Dregni

“This book belongs on every angler’s bookshelf.” —Chris Niskanen, author of The Minnesota Book of Skills

$28.00 $39.95

Fishing Minnesota

Angling with the Experts in the Land of 10,000 Lakes

Greg Breining

A how-to guide for fishing

Minnesota, full of tips from the region’s best anglers.

176 $11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4176-5

Tony Oliva

The Life and Times of a Minnesota Twins Legend

Thom Henninger

Foreword by Patrick Reusse

“This is a story that was worth telling.” —Sport Literature Association

$14.00 $19.95 paper

978-1-5179-0970-3

We’re Gonna Win, Twins!

Doug Grow

A half century of Twins baseball.

“There will always be people who say that baseball is just a game—until they read this book.” —Don Shelby

180 $18.00 $25.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-5621-9

The Great Minnesota Fish Book

Tom Dickson

Illustrations by Joseph R. Tomelleri

“Complete with illustra tions by the best fish artist above water, this book is a real keeper.” —Ron Schara

$24.50

ISBN 978-0-8166-5135-1

Fly-Fishing the North Country

Shawn Perich

Illustrations by David Minix

“Fly-fishing is the most artful expression of angling—a celebration of fishing.” —from Fly-Fishing the North Country

177 $11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-57025-063-7

Mr. Basketball

George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers, and the Birth of the NBA Michael Schumacher

“A detailed, atmospherically true tale of tallness.” —Atlantic Monthly

179 $13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-5675-2

The Vikings Reader

Armand Peterson, Editor

Relive fifty years of glory and defeat as a Vikings fan.

“The best collection of purple prose I’ve ever read.” —Steve Rushin

$18.00 $25.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-5337-9

Brave Enough Jessie Diggins | With Todd Smith

With candid charm and characteristic grit, Jessie Diggins connects the dots from her free-spirited upbringing in the woods of Minnesota to racing in the bright spotlights of the Olympics. Going far beyond stories of races and ribbons, she describes the challenges and frustrations of becoming a seri ous athlete and the intense pressure of competing at the highest levels.

“If you want someone worth rooting for, look no further.” —New Yorker

“Diggins has made a mark in one of the toughest races in the sport.” —New York Times

182 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0820-1 296 pages

Skiing into the Bright Open

My Solo Journey to the South Pole

Liv Arnesen

Translated by Roland Huntford | Foreword by Ann Bancroft

Liv Arnesen describes the exhausting, exhilarating experience of being the first known woman to ski unsupported to the South Pole.

“An inspiring memoir about the gritty determination that’s needed to achieve dreams and accomplish feats that once seemed impossible.” —Foreword Reviews

183 $15.50 $21.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1149-2 208 pages

16 b&w images

1 map

No Horizon Is So Far

2021

Two Women and Their Historic Journey across Antarctica

Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft

With Cheryl Dahle

The extraordinary story of the first two women to cross Antarctica.

“If you think you know the story of the first female crossing of Antarctica, think again. More hard work, more sweat and tears went into this historic expedition than any of us realized.”—Billie Jean King

“What makes this book interesting is the spirit with which this particular expedition was run.” —National Geographic

184 $10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0702-0 272 pages

35 b&w images

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Wolf Island

Discovering the Secrets of a Mythic Animal

L. David Mech

With Greg Breining | Foreword by Rolf O. Peterson

● Foreword INDIES Nature Award Winner; 2021 Michigan Notable Books selection

The world’s leading wolf expert describes the first years of a major study that trans formed our understanding of one of nature’s most iconic creatures.

185 $17.50 $24.95 hardcover

Onigamiising Seasons of an Ojibwe Year

Linda LeGarde Grover

Minnesota Book Award

Northeastern Minnesota Book Award

Native American Literature Symposium Electa Quinney Award

Essays evoke the four seasons of the year, and of life, for the Ojibwe in northeastern Minnesota.

$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0344-2

Portage

A Family, a Canoe, and the Search for the Good Life Sue Leaf

Midwest Book Award

978-1-5179-0825-6

Memory of Trees

A Daughter’s Story of a Family Farm

Gayla Marty

“The elegy for the American family farm we’ve been waiting for.” —Patricia Hampl

187 $13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-6709-3

Nature

National Outdoor Book Award Honorable Mention

“Great for

who

Turn Here Sweet Corn Organic Farming Works

Deep Woods, Wild Waters A Memoir

Wood

Northeastern Minnesota Book Award Honorable Mention

a lifetime of aphorisms

. . every anecdote sparks into epiphany.”

Club

Water and What We Know

the Roots of a Northern Life

all the right questions.”

Minnesota’s Natural Heritage Second Edition

John R. Tester, Susan M. Galatowitsch, Rebecca A. Montgomery, and John J. Moriarty

The definitive work on Minnesota’s natural his tory and ecology—updated and expanded.

192 $35.00 $49.95

978-1-5179-0357-2

A Love Affair with Birds

The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts

Sue Leaf

“Minnesota’s importance to birds and birders cannot be overstated.“ —BirdWatching

194 $12.00 $16.95 paper

$28.00

978-0-8166-7565-4

Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota

John J. Moriarty and Carol D. Hall Foreword by Carrol L. Henderson

All about Minnesota’s fiftythree amphibian and reptile species.

Prairie Naturalist

Hawk Ridge

Minnesota’s Birds of Prey

Laura Erickson

Illustrations by Betsy Bowen

A beautiful album of the most regal members of the avian kingdom.

and humorous. “ —The Park Bugle

198 $17.50 $24.95

Gunflint Burning Fire in the Boundary Waters

Cary J. Griffith

“A cinema-worthy blow-byblow account of the people, places, and events associated with the massive wildfire.”

—Foreword Reviews

$12.00

paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0342-8

Minnesota’s Geologist

The Life of Newton Horace

Winchell

Sue Leaf

● Minnesota Book Award

The story of the scientist who first mapped Minnesota’s geology.

$21.00

ISBN 978-1-5179-0168-4

If Bees Are Few

A Hive of Bee Poems

Edited by James P. Lenfestey

Foreword by Bill McKibben

Afterword by Marla Spivak

Poems collected here speak with a quiet urgency of a world lost if bees were to fall silent.

197 $17.50 $24.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-9806-6

978-0-8166-8119-8

pages

2016

A portion of proceeds will be donated to support research at the Bee Lab at the University of Minnesota.

Twelve Owls

Laura Erickson

Illustrations by Betsy Bowen

● Northeastern Minnesota Book Award Honorable Mention

“A truly lovely book that offers something for young and old alike.” —Duluth News-Tribune

199 $14.00 $19.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-7758-0

2011

Reeling A Novel

Sarah Stonich

Haunted by her beloved grandmother’s death, RayAnne heads to New Zealand to film a new season of her all-women fishing talk show.

200 $11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0899-7

Laurentian Divide

A Novel Sarah Stonich

● National Reading Group Month’s Great Group Reads 2019 Selection

Minnesota Book Award for Novel & Short Story

“Hilarious, smart, moving, and kind.” —Richard Russo

202 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0249-0

Chronicles of a Radical Hag (with Recipes)

A Novel

Lorna Landvik

“A real tribute to all of the small-town, warmhearted, bigmouthed ‘radical hags’ . . . a truly fun read.” —Washington Post

204 $11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0600-9

Once in a Blue Moon Lodge

A Novel

Lorna Landvik

A book about making new beginnings out of old endings.

“A comfy diversion from the everyday world.” —Kirkus Reviews

206 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0270-4

Fishing! A Novel

Sarah Stonich

“A compelling and deftly crafted novel from beginning to end.” —Midwest Book Review

201 $11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0898-0

Vacationland

Sarah Stonich

“Each chapter renders a story complete, and the stories to gether weave a deeply mined narrative of place and people, elegiac yet life-affirming.”

—Kirkus Reviews

203 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-8766-4

Best to Laugh

A Novel

Lorna Landvik

Minnesota funny girl takes Hol lywood by storm in inimitable Lorna Landvik style.

“A joyful, breezy trip down memory lane.” —Booklist

205 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-9897-4

American Gospel A Novel

Lin Enger

“A glorious novel about what people choose to believe—and, more importantly, why they choose to believe it.”

Reviews, starred review

$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1274-1

Iron Curtain

The Cyclist and His Shadow A Memoir

Olivier Haralambon | Translated by François Thomazeau

An illuminating meditation on what drives cyclists to devote their lives and bodies to training, racing, and even doping. Olivier Haralambon presents cycling as simultaneously physical and creative, technological and mystical, torturous and ecstatic.

“Draws the reader into the mind of the racer to help us understand what drives this passion and the ability to suffer in the pursuit of the finish line.” —Wall Street Journal

208 $14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1373-1 144

On the Wandering Paths Sylvain Tesson

Translated by Drew S. Burk | Foreword by Daniel Hornsby

Part literary adventure, part philosophical reflection on our contemporary consumer culture, On the Wandering Paths takes us deep into the heart of France’s “hyperrural” zones. Tracing the obscure paths peasants once followed throughout the countryside, the French writer Sylvain Tesson embarks on a three-month journey of solitude and personal contemplation in this meditation on the act of recovery. Les Chemins de Pierre, a film based on the book starring Jean Dujardin, is due to release in 2023.

209 $14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1281-9 160 pages

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Univocal Series

BY ALLEN GINSBERG (EDITED BY MICHAEL SCHUMACHER)

South American

1965

“His prose reso nates with the same richness and detail that’s gleaned from his legendary poems.”

210 $14.00 $19.95

978-0-8166-9960-5

Gins

berg’s raw poetic talent: even in rough draft, his compositions often soar.”

211 $14.00 $19.95

978-0-8166-9962-9

The Fall of America

1965–1971

“Describes Amer ica’s beauty and its bloodshed. A poetic odyssey with islands of magic.”

212 $17.50 $24.95 paper

978-0-8166-9965-0

Canoe Country

Florence Page Jaques

Illustrations by Francis Lee Jaques

The classic and gorgeous account of two legendary naturalists’ weeks of solitude canoeing through the Bound ary Waters.

213 $10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1272-7

Fesler-Lampert Book Series

The Drink That Made

Wisconsin Famous Beer and Brewing in the Badger State

Doug Hoverson

“The labels, cans, bottles, and ad posters make it nearly as much fun to page through as to read.” —Minnesota Alumni

215 $35.00 $49.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-6991-2

pages

620 color images

2019

Lake Superior Flavors

A Field Guide to Food and Drink along the Circle Tour

James Norton

Photography by Becca Dilley

A culinary tour of Lake Superior with the found ers of the Heavy Table.

217 $15.50 $21.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-7544-9

104 color images

The Opposite of Cold

The Northwoods

Finnish Sauna Tradition

Michael Nordskog

Photography by Aaron W. Hautala

Foreword by David Salmela

Introduction by Arnold R. Alanen

Snowshoe Country

Florence Page Jaques

Illustrations by Francis Lee Jaques

A New York sophisticate, Flor ence Page Jaques fell in love with northern Minnesota. She writes of the excitement of traveling by foot, canoe, snowshoe, and dogsled.

214 $10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1273-4

Fesler-Lampert Book Series

From Fields to Fairways

Classic Golf Clubs of Minnesota

Rick Shefchik

“This book brings to life the personalities of those who founded and shaped the local greens.” —Plymouth Magazine

216 $28.00 $39.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-7732-0

The Great Lakes

at Ten Miles an Hour

One Cyclist’s Journey along the Shores of the Inland Seas Thomas Shevory

Chronicling characters and adventures on the Great Lakes.

218 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0345-9

pages

Canoes A Natural History in North America

Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims

Foreword by John McPhee

Book

General Nonfiction

illustrated.” —Chicago Tribune

$24.50 $34.95

978-0-8166-5682-0

“An outstanding overview of canoes with a lot of information that isn’t covered anywhere else.” —Benson Gray, Wooden Canoe Heritage Association historian

$28.00

ISBN 978-0-8166-8117-4

$12.00

For the Love of Cod A Father and Son’s Search for Norwegian Happiness

Eric Dregni

What makes Norwegians so damn happy—and does it translate?

funny, and down to earth, For the Love of Cod is an eye-opening look at how Norway discovered the key to real happiness.” —Foreword Reviews

$16.00

In Cod We Trust

Living the Norwegian Dream

Eric Dregni

“A hilariously fun and moving read for anyone who has dreamed of returning to the Norwegian homeland.” —Walter Mondale

paper

978-0-8166-5624-0

By the Waters of Minnetonka Eric Dregni

Explore the unruly history of Lake Minnetonka—Minne sota’s most famous lake.

last someone wrote it down.”

St. Paul Magazine

$21.00 $29.95

978-0-8166-8315-4

You’re Sending Me Where? Dispatches from Summer Camp

Eric Dregni

Summer camp is wild, but what happens when you add Italians to the mix?

978-1-5179-0893-5

Vikings in the Attic

In Search of Nordic America

Eric Dregni

“While reading, I solved two family mysteries and added at least ten new jokes to my act.”

—Louie Anderson

$13.00

paper ISBN 978-0-8166-6744-4

2014

Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy’s Culinary Capital

Eric Dregni

The food-filled chronicle of an American’s three years in Italy.

“Funny, educational, and en during.” —Boston Post-Gazette

$16.00

$11.00

978-0-8166-6745-1

Distant Fires

Duluth to Hudson Bay

Scott Anderson

Illustrations by Les C. Kouba

One canoe, two guys, three months, and forty-five pounds of macaroni and cheese.

978-0-8166-5503-8

A Field Guide to the Natural World of the Twin Cities

John J. Moriarty

Photography by Siah L. St. Clair

“Easy to use . . . (for) novice and long-time naturalists alike.”

—Minnesota Outdoor News

228 $21.00 $29.95 paper

978-1-5179-0549-1

The Long Ships Passing The Story of the Great Lakes

Walter Havighurst

“The best and most readable book on the five Great Lakes I have ever seen.” —New York Herald Book Review

230 $12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4014-0

Fesler-Lampert Series

Root Beer Lady The Story of Dorothy Molter

Bob Cary

Bob Cary, Dorothy Molter’s longtime friend, captures the life and spirit of Dorothy, the courageous woman who be came a North Woods legend.

232 $11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4196-3

Minnesota’s Geology

Richard W. Ojakangas and Charles L. Matsch

A history of the past 3.5 billion years in the area’s development.

“Unusually well-written and well-balanced.” —Science Books and Films

234 $21.00 $29.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-0953-6

Lake Superior

Grace Lee Nute

The captivating history of the world’s largest freshwater lake.

“Nute weaves the fact and fable of this body of water into a readable and intelligent book.” —The New Yorker

229 $12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-3581-8

Fesler-Lampert Series

Old Times on the Upper Mississippi

Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot

from 1854 to 1863

George Byron Merrick

Lively stories about gamblers, shipwrecks, and races.

231 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-3943-4

Fesler-Lampert Series

Tales from Jackpine Bob Bob Cary

“Most of us rely on air condi tioning for comfort, automo biles for travel, and television for entertainment. Bob Cary is more at home with sleeping bag, canoe, and fishing rod. I greatly enjoyed this book.” —Charles Kuralt

233 $11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4394-3

Archaeology of Minnesota

The Prehistory of the Upper Mississippi River Region

Guy Gibbon

A precontact history of Minne sota that reveals the relevance of archaeology to our under standing of the world today.

235 $24.50 $34.95

ISBN 978-0-8166-7909-6

The Three-Minute Outdoorsman

Wild Science from Magnetic Deer to Mumbling Carp

Robert M. Zink

“A must read.”—Babe Winkel man, America’s Premiere Outdoorsman

236 $12.50 $17.95 paper

978-0-8166-9253-8

City of Parks

The Story of Minneapolis Parks

“Virtually everything about this book is first-rate.”

—Minnesota History

238 $28.00 $39.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-615-19535-3

pages

96 b&w images

color images

Midwest Marvels Roadside Attractions across Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin Eric Dregni

“This guide to drive-to novel ties may help take the sting out of high fuel prices.” —Bloomsbury Review

240 $12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4290-8

The Lake District of Minneapolis A History of the Calhoun-Isles Community

David A. Lanegran and Ernest R. Sandeen

“Superbly presented.” —Midwest Book Review

242 $14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4422-3

Subterranean Twin Cities

Greg Brick

• St. Paul Heritage Commission’s Heritage Preservation Award

“Loaded with wit, local history, and adventure.”

—City Pages

237 $13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4597-8

pages

33 b&w images

2009

The Street Where You Live

A Guide to the Place

Names of St. Paul

Donald L. Empson

• American Association for State and Local History Award of Merit

St. Paul’s secrets revealed from pavement to park.

239 $14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4729-3

pages

126 b&w images

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2006

Minnesota Marvels Roadside Attractions in the Land of Lakes Eric Dregni

“The book is perfect for adventurous road-trippers or Americana devotees.” —Utne

241 $12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-3632-7

pages

126 b&w images

2001

St. Paul’s Historic Summit Avenue

Ernest R. Sandeen Foreword by Larry Millett

A lively history of the bestpreserved Victorian boule vard in America, from its pre–Civil War origins to its fashionable height at the turn of the century.

243 $14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4409-4

pages

images

maps

2004 Fesler-Lampert Heritage Book Series

pages

113 b&w images

maps

table

2004 Fesler-Lampert Heritage Book Series

David C. Smith

Plant a Pocket of Prairie

Phyllis Root

Illustrations by Betsy Bowen

• Riverby Award

“Lets kids know that even small plots of native plants can replicate prairie conditions.”

—Publishers Weekly

244 $10.50 $14.95

978-0-8166-7980-5

Great Wolf and the Good Woodsman

Helen Hoover Woodcuts by Betsy Bowen

A classic tale of peace, tolerance, and kindness in the magic of the forest.

“Treasured picturebook reading all year round.”

—Children’s Midwest Book Review/Bookwatch

246 $10.50 $14.95

978-0-8166-4445-2

Fesler-Lampert Series

The Journal of Otto Peltonen

A Finnish Immigrant Story

William Durbin

notes and authentic photos round out this capti vating, dramatic view of the past.”

Moose Tracks

Mary Casanova

Twelve-year-old Seth sets out for a thrilling experience in Minnesota’s north woods.

“A quick-moving adventure.”

—Kirkus Reviews

250 $7.00 $9.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-9019-0

Book

Tracks in the Wild

Betsy Bowen

• Minnesota Book Award

Tracks in the Wild introduces young naturalists to the tracks of bears, wolves, moose, otters, and other wild animals—thirteen in all.

$14.00

Book Series

978-0-8166-9883-7

Playful Slider

The North American River

Otter

Barbara Juster Esbensen

Illustrations by Mary Barrett Brown

“An educational and very entertaining book.”

—The Timberjay

247 $8.50 $11.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-7765-8

pages

color images

Fesler-Lampert Series

Blackwater Ben

William Durbin

A young boy discovers secrets and adventure at a Minnesota logging camp in 1898.

and highly enjoyable.” —Kidsreads

$7.00

paper

978-0-8166-9192-0

Fesler-Lampert Heritage Book Series

Wolf Shadows

Mary Casanova

The exciting, thought-provok ing sequel to Moose Tracks.

“Makes the wolves, deer, moose, and raptors of the north country come alive.”

—Star Tribune

251 $7.00 $9.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-9031-2

Fesler-Lampert Heritage Book Series

A Private Wilderness

The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson

Sigurd F. Olson | Edited by David Backes

The personal diaries of one of America’s best-loved naturalists, revealing his difficult and inspiring path to finding his voice and becoming a writer.

“There is an innocent romance in Olson’s essays, a sincere touch of the spiritual.” —Wall Street Journal

252 $21.00 $29.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1095-2

pages

74 b&w images

The Meaning of Wilderness Essential Articles and Speeches

Sigurd F. Olson

and with an Introduction by David Backes

An indispensable collection of Olson’s rarest writings—at last in paperback.

$12.50 $17.95

978-0-8166-3709-6

Fesler-Lampert Series

Spirit of the North The Quotable

Sigurd F. Olson

Sigurd F. Olson

David Backes, Editor

“A moving and poignant testimony.” —Midwest Review of Books

255 $16.00 $22.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-3934-2

Of Time and Place

Sigurd F. Olson

by Les C. Kouba

last book, completed just before his death.

“Olson reflects on a life spent intimately with nature . . . ‘a life time of searching for meaning.’ ”

—Wall Street Journal

257 $11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-2995-4

Fesler-Lampert

254 $12.50 $17.95

Series

Wilderness Days

Sigurd F. Olson

“Olson writes passionately about this world without being preachy, and his words are timeless.” —Duluth

Budgeteer News

ISBN 978-0-8166-7908-9

Listening Point

Sigurd F. Olson Illustrations by Francis Lee Jaques

“Everyday common events become uncommon as Mr. Olson describes them.” —New York Times

“A book of deep simplicity.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

256 $11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-2996-1

pages

$12.00

1997

Fesler-Lampert

Paradise Below Zero The Classic Guide to Winter Camping

Calvin Rutstrum

Illustrations by Les C. Kouba

“Contrasts modern city dwell ers’ fear of the cold and snow with native North Americans’ zeal for winter.” —Star Tribune

978-0-8166-3682-2

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Winter Up North/hc

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Troll Magic/hc

Complete and Original Norwegian/hc $24.50

the Fire/p $12.50

Seven Ways to Trick a Troll/hc

Troll With No Heart In His Body/hc

Times in Norway/p

Sigurd and His Brave Companions/p

and Untrue and Other Norse Tales/p $12.00

Swedish Folktales and Legends/p $13.00

Walleye/p

Seven Aunts/p $15.50

Making the Carry/p $17.50

Walking the Old Road/p $15.50

Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais/p $15.50

The Sky Watched/p $11.00

Making Love with the Land/hc $17.50

Gichigami Hearts/p $10.50

In the Night of Memory/p $10.50

The Best Casserole Cookbook Ever/p $21.00

Finding Turtle Farm/p $14.00

Boathouses of Lake Minnetonka/hc $35.00

Great Houses of Summit Avenue/hc $38.50

The Great Minnesota Cookie Book/lithocase $17.50

The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen/lithocase $24.50

Winter’s Children/hc $24.50

Goodnight Loon/board book $7.00

Not the Camilla We Knew/p $12.50

We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let/p $12.50

Thirty Rooms to Hide In/p $13.00

Hudson Bay Bound/p $12.00

Watershed/p $14.00

Days Like Smoke/hc $16.00

The Last Bookseller/hc $14.00

Raising Ollie/p $13.00

It Won’t Be Easy/p $12.50

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The Senator Next Door/p $14.00

Strike!/p $14.00

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Nils/hc $12.50

Ola/hc $12.00

Audunssøn III/p $12.50

Olav Audunssøn II/p $12.50

Olav Audunssøn I/p $12.50

Promise of America/p $17.50

Promise Fulfilled/p $17.50

Swede Hollow/p $12.00

Clearing Out/hc $18.00

Rafferty’s Last Case/hc $18.00

Sherlock Holmes and the Eisendorf/p $12.00

Strongwood/p $10.50

The Magic Bullet/p $10.50

The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes/p $10.50

Sherlock Holmes Secret Alliance/p $10.50

Sherlock Holmes Rune Stone Mystery/p $10.50

Sherlock Holmes Ice Palace Murders/p $10.50

Sherlock Holmes Red Demon/p $10.50

Frozen/p $8.50

Ice-Out/p $8.50

Waterfall/p $11.00

The Land of Dreams/p $11.00

Only the Dead/p $10.50

The Ravens/p $11.00

The ABC Bunny/board book $7.00

Bim, Bam, Bop . . . and Oona/p $7.00

The Lost Forest/hc $12.50

Creekfinding/hc $12.00

North Star/hc $12.00

Hush Hush, Forest/hc $12.00

The Big Island/hc $12.50

Johnny’s Pheasant/hc $12.00

Begin with a Bee/hc $12.50

Grandmother’s Pigeon/hc $12.50

Yang Warriors/hc $12.00

A Natural Curiosity/hc $24.50

Loon Lessons/hc $17.50

Birds in Minnesota/p $24.50

North Shore/hc $28.00

Breeding Birds of Minnesota/hc $42.00

Minnesota Railroads/hc $28.00

Minneapolis and the Age of Railways/p $21.00

Twilight Rails/hc

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway/p $35.00

Great Northern Railway/p $21.00

Rails to the North Star/p $21.00

The 400 Story/p $21.00

Milwaukee Road Remembered/p $21.00

The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald/p $14.00

Mighty Fitz/p $12.00

Torn in Two/p $12.00

November’s Fury/p $12.00

Flames of Discontent/p $17.50

Flames of Discontent/c $70.00

Seven Iron Men/p $12.50

The White Pine Industry in Minnesota/p $12.50

By the Ore Docks/p $13.00

The Boomer/p $12.00

The Tootin’ Louie/p $28.00

The Hook and Eye/hc $24.50

Dining Car to the Pacific/p $17.50

The Ford Century in Minnesota/hc $28.00

Everybody’s Heard about the Bird/hc $21.00

Non-Stop/hc $28.00

St. Paul Union Depot/hc $28.00

Take My Word for It/p $16.00

Eastcliff/hc $21.00

Once There Were Castles/hc $28.00

Minnesota Modern/hc $35.00

Elizabeth Scheu Close/hc $28.00

Metropolitan Dreams/hc $21.00

Days on the Family Farm/p $12.50

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota/hc $28.00

The Bohemian Flats/p $12.00

Legends of Paul Bunyan/p $13.00

Settler Colonial City/p $17.50

Settler Colonial City/c $70.00

Hope in the Struggle/p $12.00

The Children of Lincoln/p $16.00

A Peculiar Imbalance/p $16.00

Voices of Rondo/p $14.00

Fear and Loving in South Minneapolis/p $12.50

Crossing the Barriers/hc $24.50

The Wedding Heard ‘Round the World/p $11.00

The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself/p $17.50

We Are Meant to Rise/p $13.00

Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify/p $13.00

North Country/hc

Lost Minnesota/p $14.00

Contest/p $14.00

Professor Berman/hc

Infamous Harry Hayward/p $13.00

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Minneapolis Madams/p $17.50

Greed, Rage, and Love Gone Wrong/p $11.00

Crusade for Forgotten Souls/p $16.00

Plants Have So Much to Give Us/p $16.00

Fresh from the Garden/hc $35.00

Searching for Minnesota’s Native/lithocase $17.50

and Rushes of Minnesota/p $28.00

Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota/hc $42.00

Growing Perennials in Cold Climates/p $28.00

Growing Fruit in the Upper Midwest/p $17.50

Breakfast with Beatrice/p $14.00

Homemade/p $12.00

Great Scandinavian Baking Book/p $13.00

Pot Pies/p $10.50

Quick Breads/p $10.50

Great Whole Grain Breads/p $13.00

Great Old-Fashioned American Recipes/p $13.00

Great Old-Fashioned American Desserts/p $13.00

The Steger Homestead Kitchen/lithocase $19.50

The Soup and Bread Cookbook/p $14.00

The Perennial Kitchen/lithocase $19.50

Sweet Nature/lithocase $17.50

Savory Sweet/lithocase $17.50

Let’s Go Fishing!/hc $28.00

The Great Minnesota Fish Book/hc $24.50

Fishing Minnesota/p $11.00

Fly-Fishing the North Country/p $11.00

Tony Oliva/p $14.00

Mr. Basketball/p $13.00

We’re Gonna Win, Twins!/hc $18.00

The Vikings Reader/hc $18.00

Brave Enough/p $12.00

Skiing into the Bright Open/p $15.50

No Horizon Is So Far/p $10.50

Wolf Island/hc $17.50

Onigamiising/p $10.50

Memory of Trees/p $13.00

Portage/p $12.00

Deep Woods, Wild Waters/hc $15.50

Turn Here Sweet Corn/p $13.00

Water and What We Know/p $12.50

Minnesota’s Natural Heritage/hc $35.00

Gunflint Burning/p $12.00

A Love Affair with Birds/p $12.00

Minnesota’s Geologist/hc $12.00

Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota/p $28.00

If Bees Are Few/hc $17.50

Hawk Ridge/hc $17.50

Twelve Owls/hc $14.00

Reeling/p $11.00

Laurentian Divide/p $12.00

Vacationland/p $12.00

Chronicles of a Radical Hag/p $11.00

Best to Laugh/p $12.00

Once in a Blue Moon Lodge/p $12.00

American Gospel/p $12.00

The Cyclist and His Shadow/p $14.00

On the Wandering Paths/p $14.00

Iron Curtain Journals/p

South American Journals/p $14.00

The Fall of America Journals/p $17.50

Canoe Country/p $10.50

Showshoe Country/p $10.50

The Drink That Made Wisconsin Famous/hc $35.00

From Fields to Fairways/hc $28.00

Lake Superior Flavors/p $15.50

The Great Lakes at Ten Miles/p $12.00

The Opposide of Cold/hc $24.50

Canoes/hc $28.00

For the Love of Cod/hc $16.00

In Cod We Trust/p $12.00

Vikings in the Attic/p $13.00

By the Waters of Minnetonka/hc $21.00

Never Trust a Thin Cook/hc $16.00

You’re Sending Me Where?/p $12.00

Distant Fires/p $11.00

A Field Guide to the Natural World/p $21.00

Lake Superior/p $12.50

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The Long Ships Passing/p $12.50

Old Times on the Upper Mississippi/p $12.00

Root Beer Lady/p $11.00

Tales from Jackpine Bob/p $11.00

Minnesota’s Geology/p $21.00

Archaeology of Minnesota/hc $24.50

The Three-Minute Outdoorsman/p $12.50

Subterranean Twin Cities/p $13.00

City of Parks/hc $28.00

The Street Where You Live/p $14.00

Midwest Marvels/p $12.50

Minnesota Marvels/p $12.00

The Lake District of Minneapolis/p $14.00

St. Paul’s Historic Summit Avenue/p $14.00

Plant a Pocket of Prairie/hc $10.50

Tracks in the Wild/hc $14.00

Great Wolf and the Good Woodsman/hc $10.50

Playful Slider/p $8.50

The Journal of Otto Peltonen/p $7.00

Blackwater Ben/p $7.00

Moose Tracks/p $7.00

Wolf Shadows/p $7.00

A Private Wilderness/hc $21.00

The Meaning of Wilderness/p $12.50

Wilderness Days/p $12.50

Spirit of the North/hc $16.00

Listening Point/p $11.00

Of Time and Place/p $11.00

Paradise Below Zero/p $12.00