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The Minnesota Forgotten River Evan Jones |
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A fascinating depiction of the lives led along this major American river. Starting at Big Stone Lake on the eastern edge of South Dakota, the Minnesota River cuts through southern Minnesota, breaks into waterfalls at Granite Falls, and joins the mighty Mississippi at Fort Snelling in St. Paul. Evan Jones provides a detailed history of the river and its legends in The Minnesota. The river has provided the scenery for many of Minnesota's most fascinating events—the Dakota Conflict (also known as the Sioux Uprising of 1862); the only blunder of Jesse James's career; and the origin of selling goods on credit by Sears, Roebuck and Company—and hosted many famous faces, including Dred Scott, Zebulon Pike, and Henry David Thoreau. Illustrated with line drawings by Harry Heim, The Minnesota weaves an unforgettable history. "Evan Jones grew up along the bank of the Minnesota. He is steeped in that region's song and story. His book is a sentimental journey down the Minnesota's past, but the sympathy is well spent. This prose is as supple and strong as the river itself and the Jones eye scans the epoch-making nineteenth-century scene with colorful insight and loving care." —Kirkus Evan Jones (19151996) was born in LeSueur, Minnesota. A writer of American history and cookbooks, he is the author of Citadel in the Wilderness, Trappers and Mountain Men, Epicurean Delight: The Life and Times of James Beard, and The L. L. Bean Book of New New England Cookery. 320 pages | 32 line drawings, 1 map | 5-3/8 x 8-1/2 | 2001 |
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