Six UMP books on the MN Book Awards Finalists list
Finalists include Larry Haeg, Sue Leaf, Rachael Hanel, Sarah Stonich, Julie Davis, and Penny Petersen.
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Winners will be announced on April 5, 2014.
Press Release Date: 2014-01-27T04:51:00+00:00
Finalists 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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We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down Growing up among cemeteries and finding faith and resilience amid sorrowful loss
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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
