Minnesota and the Upper Midwest

Song of Sampo Lake William Durbin 2011 Spring

A gripping depiction of frontier life on the Minnesota Iron Range

The Darkest Evening William Durbin 2011 Spring

An adventurous tale of one Finnish American family’s encounter with the “Red broom”

Crossing the Barriers The Autobiography of Allan H. Spear Allan H. Spear 2010 Fall

The memoir of a prominent Minnesota politician and one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials

Queer Twin Cities Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project Kevin P. Murphy, Jennifer L. Pierce and Larry Knopp, Editors 2010 Fall

A pioneering look at the queer history, politics, and spaces of the Twin Cities

Fierce and True Plays for Teen Audiences Children’s Theatre Company Peter Brosius and Elissa Adams, Editors 2010 Fall

A collection of plays written for teenage audiences from the leading theater for young people and families in North America

This Is Not Florida How Al Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Recount Jay Weiner 2010 Fall

The behind-the-scenes story of the historic Franken-Coleman Minnesota Senate recount

The Opposite of Cold The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition Michael Nordskog 2010 Fall

A full-color history and celebration of Finnish sauna in the western Great Lakes

Journeys from Scandinavia Travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840—2000 Elisabeth Oxfeldt 2010 Spring

How Scandinavians perceive and portray encounters with the non-European Other

A Porch Sofa Almanac Peter Smith 2010 Fall

An anthology of Peter Smith’s captivating musings on being Minnesotan

News to Me Adventures of an Accidental Journalist Laurie Hertzel 2010 Fall

The story of a journalist’s coming of age in Duluth during the boom days of print

North Country The Making of Minnesota Mary Lethert Wingerd 2010 Spring

The untold history of how the land of the Dakota and Ojibwe became the State of Minnesota

Minnesota Architects A Biographical Dictionary Alan K. Lathrop 2010 Spring

The first biographical guide to Minnesota architects from 1860 to the present

The Music of Failure Bill Holm 2010 Spring

The 25th anniversary edition of Bill Holm’s influential first book of essays

Nature and Revelation A History of Macalester College Jeanne Halgren Kilde 2010 Spring

Tells the story of one of the most prominent educational institutions in the Midwest

Carew Rod Carew and Ira Berkow 2010 Spring

The candid and compelling memoir of Rod Carew, one of baseball’s greatest players

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