Minnesota and the Upper Midwest

Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade Timothy Cochrane 2018 Fall

The journals of two clerks of the American Fur Company recall a lost moment in the history of the fur trade and the Anishinaabeg along Lake Superior’s North Shore

Pictures of Longing Photography and the Norwegian–American Migration Sigrid Lien 2018 Fall

Haunting and revealing photographs sent home by Norwegian immigrants in America as visual document and collective expression of the emigrant experience

Metropolitan Dreams The Scandalous Rise and Stunning Fall of a Minneapolis Masterpiece Larry Millett 2018 Fall

The story of one of Minnesota’s most famous and most mourned buildings, set against the history of downtown Minneapolis

The Great Minnesota Cookie Book Award-Winning Recipes from the Star Tribune’s Holiday Cookie Contest Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson 2018 Fall

Eighty delicious, imaginative recipes from the Star Tribune’s beloved annual cookie contest, with mouth-watering pictures and bakers’ stories

The Children of Lincoln White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860–1876 William D. Green 2018 Fall

How white advocates of emancipation abandoned African American causes in the dark days of Reconstruction, told through the stories of four Minnesotans

A Field Guide to the Natural World of the Twin Cities John J. Moriarty 2018 Fall

An illustrated guide to the natural habitats and rich diversity of wildlife in the greater Minneapolis and St. Paul metro area

Sedges and Rushes of Minnesota The Complete Guide to Species Identification Welby R. Smith 2018 Spring

The first comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide to Minnesota’s nearly 250 species of sedges and rushes

Iron and Water My Life Protecting Minnesota’s Environment Grant J. Merritt 2018 Spring

A memoir of family, mining pioneers and unscrupulous magnates, and the fight for Minnesota’s natural resources

Searching for Minnesota’s Native Wildflowers A Guide for Beginners, Botanists, and Everyone in Between Phyllis Root 2018 Spring

A beautifully illustrated, family-friendly guide to Minnesota’s native wildflowers and how to find them

Gunflint Burning Fire in the Boundary Waters Cary J. Griffith 2018 Spring

The story of the Ham Lake fire, at the time the most destructive wildfire in modern Minnesota history—the blaze, the firefighters’ battle, the human toll

The Crusade for Forgotten Souls Reforming Minnesota’s Mental Institutions, 1946-1954 Susan Bartlett Foote 2018 Spring

The stirring story of the reform movement that laid the groundwork for a modern mental health system in Minnesota

Breakfast with Beatrice 250 Recipes from Sweet Cream Waffles to Swedish Farmer’s Omelets Beatrice Ojakangas 2018 Spring

Time-tested recipes for delectable breakfasts from around the world, especially Scandinavia

Fawn Island Douglas Wood 2018 Spring

Join the beloved author of Old Turtle as he embarks on journeys large and small

Flames of Discontent The 1916 Minnesota Iron Ore Strike Gary Kaunonen 2017 Fall

A working-class history of a 1916 miners’ strike in northern Minnesota, one of the most important events in organized labor of the early twentieth century

The Great Lakes at Ten Miles an Hour One Cyclist’s Journey along the Shores of the Inland Seas Thomas Shevory 2017 Fall

A chronicle of travels by bicycle around the Great Lakes, combining personal observations with reflections on the geology, ecology, history, and culture of the region