Minnesota and the Upper Midwest

Everybody’s Heard about the Bird The True Story of 1960s Rock ’n’ Roll in Minnesota Rick Shefchik 2015 Fall

The first comprehensive history to trace the evolution of Minnesota 1960s rock and roll

Minnesota Modern Architecture and Life at Midcentury Larry Millett 2015 Fall

An expert, illustrated guide through the style that defined midcentury Minnesota

Portage A Family, a Canoe, and the Search for the Good Life Sue Leaf 2015 Fall

North American waterways by canoe: a memoir of family and nature, history and culture, along the rivers

The Birchwood Cafe Cookbook Good Real Food Tracy Singleton and Marshall Paulsen 2015 Fall

Bring the beloved Birchwood Cafe’s kitchen home with recipes, insights, and stories

Jewels of the Plains Wildflowers of the Great Plains Grasslands and Hills Claude A. Barr 2015 Fall

A revised edition of the classic guide to the wildflowers of the Great Plains

Myths of the Rune Stone Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America David M. Krueger 2015 Fall

Why the Kensington Rune Stone myth matters to American culture

Taconite Dreams The Struggle to Sustain Mining on Minnesota’s Iron Range, 1915-2000 Jeffrey T. Manuel 2015 Fall

The first history of the fight to maintain an industry and a way of life on Minnesota’s Iron Range

The Meaning of Wilderness Essential Articles and Speeches Sigurd F. Olson David Backes, Editor 2015 Fall

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

North Shore A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast Chel Anderson and Adelheid Fischer 2015 Spring

The environmental history of Minnesota’s spectacular North Shore

Chi-mewinzha Ojibwe Stories from Leech Lake Dorothy Dora Whipple 2015 Spring

Stories of an Ojibwe elder in the original Ojibwe, with English translation

A Peculiar Imbalance The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Minnesota, 1837–1869 William D. Green 2015 Spring

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

Citizen Swain Tales from a Minnesota Life Tom H. Swain 2015 Spring

An entertaining personal history of the state, told by one of its leading citizens

Water and What We Know Following the Roots of a Northern Life Karen Babine 2015 Spring

Personal essays exploring the link between natural history and memory, landscape and identity, place and meaning

By the Waters of Minnetonka Eric Dregni 2014 Fall

Come explore the unruly and fascinating history of Lake Minnetonka—Minnesota’s most famous lake

From America to Norway II Norwegian-American Immigrant Letters 1838-1914, Volume II: 1871-1892 Orm Øverland, Editor 2015 Spring

The experience of early Norwegian-American immigrants, told in their letters home

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