FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Six UMP books on the MN Book Awards Finalists list
Winners will be announced on April 5, 2014.
Jan 26, 2014Finalists announced on Saturday, Jan. 25th, include UMP books in the following categories:
General Nonfiction
Harriman Vs. Hill by Larry Haeg
Memoir & Creative Nonfiction
We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down by Rachael Hanel
Minnesota
A Love Affair with Birds by Sue Leaf
Minneapolis Madams by Penny Petersen
Survival Schools by Julie Davis
Novel & Short Story
Vacationland by Sarah Stonich
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Survival Schools The first history of two alternative schools founded by AIM in the Twin Cities in 1972—and their role in revitalizing Native culture and community
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Vacationland From the best-selling author of These Granite Islands, a novel of stories intersecting at a broken-down fishing resort in the north woods of Minnesota
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Minneapolis Madams A real-life detective story uncovering the history of brothels in nineteenth-century Minneapolis
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Harriman vs. Hill The two most powerful men in the nation’s dominant industry battle for control of the Northern Pacific Railway, forever changing the landscape of American business
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A Love Affair with Birds The father of Minnesota ornithology, whose life story opens a window on a lost world of nature and conservation in the state’s early days
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We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down Growing up among cemeteries and finding faith and resilience amid sorrowful loss
