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Minnesota Days: Our Heritage in Stories, Art, and Photos (History Heritage)
Minnesota Days Our Heritage in Stories Art and Photos - History Heritage In the style of This Old Farm, Minnesota Days is a collection of writing, photography, and artwork focusing on Minnesota: its history, variety of people, and culture. Stories include a vignette of pioneer life, a look at immigrant life in Minneapolis in the 1900s, memoirs and stories about Indian life in the 1800s and today, memories of growing ... more »up as African-Americans, and glimpses into ways of life and culture in various regions of the state. Contributors represent the best of Minnesota writing: Garrison Keillor, Laura Ingalls Wilder, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Jim Klobuchar, Bill Holm, Sigurd Olson, Ole Rlvaag, Jim Northrup, Winona LaDuke, Gordon Parks, Evelyn Fairbanks, Meridel LeSueur, Paul Gruchow, and Jon Hassler. Photography and artwork is from such well-known artists as Jim Brandenburg, Craig Blacklock, Wanda Gg, Bob Artley, William Albert Allard, Gary Alan Nelson, Francis Lee Jaques, Carl Gawboy, and others. For Minnesota and Midwest residents.
Also recommended: A Farm Country Christmas, This Old Farm, This Old Tractor, Minnesota: The Spirit of the Land, The Twin Cities Naturally.
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