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  • biograph & memoir 2, biography and memoir, business history, minnesota history, mississippi river, Uncategorized

    A Minnesota Treasure: Fifty Years of Nongame Wildlife Conservation, 1974-2024

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    Publication Date: Fall 2025

     

    By Carrol L. Henderson

    One struggles to adequately describe the enormity of Carrol Henderson’s contributions to wildlife conservation, wildlife awareness, and species recovery; and while Minnesota has been…

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    An American Outpost: The Minnesota Art Scene, 1840-1989

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    AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER 2024

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    by Katherine Goertz

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    The early days of the Minnesota art scene were distinguished by impermanence and struggle. While traveling artists painted the Minnesota Territory for…

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    Days Like Smoke: A Minnesota Boyhood

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    To purchase this book, please visit the University of Minnesota Press or Amazon.

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    by Jon Hassler

    with a Foreword by Will Weaver

    The memoir of a small-town childhood by one of Minnesota’s…

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    Grace & Grit: A History of Ballet in Minnesota

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    by Georgia Finnegan

    In a vivid and entertaining writing style, Grace & Grit begins with a short history…

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    Running Uphill: A Minnesota Theater Memoir

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    By Sally Bronski Childs
    Running Uphill is a stunning memoir of Sally’s life in theater. Her rich memories of the Lyric and Jon Hassler Theaters…

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    SMALL TOWN MINNESOTA: A to Z

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    SMALL TOWN MINNESOTA: A to Z

    By Tony Andersen

    Foreword by Bill Holm

    Dimensions: 8″ x 10″, 120 pages

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    ISBN: 978-1-890434-25-0

    TONY ANDERSEN’S paean to small towns in his home state of Minnesota began as…

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    THE GOOD PATH

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    THE GOOD PATH: Ojibwe Learning and Activity Book for Kids

    By Thomas Peacock and Marlene Wisuri

    Dimensions: 10″ x 9″, 128 pages

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    ISBN: 978-1-890434-53-3

    Kids of all cultures journey through time with the Ojibwe…

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    JEWEL OF COMO
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    Jewel of Como

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    The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory

    by Leigh Roethke and Bonnie Blodgett

    Dimensions: 10.5″ x 10.5″, 120 pages, 110+ color and b/w illustrations

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    ISBN: 978-1-890434-79-3

     
    OUT OF STOCK – This publication is available for purchase…

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    ALONE WITH THE PASTREED BACK COVER
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    Alone with the Past – OUT OF PRINT

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    The Life and Photographic Art of ROLAND W. REED

    by Ernest R. Lawrence

    Preface by Joe D. Horse Capture

    Dimensions: 12″ x 9″, 244 pages, 385 photographs, appendices, bibliography, notes, index

    HARDCOVER with dustjacket

    ISBN:…

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    NICHOLAS R. BREWER: His Art and Family

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    by Julie L’Enfant

    Dimensions: 9″ x 6″, 400 pages, 180+ color and b/w illustrations, notes, index

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    ISBN: 978-1-890434-93-9

    Price: $29.95

    Born on a hardscrabble farm in southwestern Minnesota, Nicholas R. Brewer (1857-1949) was celebrated…

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    TRAILS OF A PAINTBRUSH: An Artist’s Memoir with a Foreword by Julie L’Enfant

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    This book is available on amazon.com.

    Comparatively few visual artists have written autobiographies, and Trails of a Paintbrush by Nicholas R. Brewer (1857–1949) is an especially engaging story of an…

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    TO BE FREE
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    To Be Free 

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    Understanding and Eliminating Racism

    by Thomas Peacock & Marlene Wisuri

    Foreword by Eric Jolly

    A timely book for readers age 10 and up. For classroom and home use.

    116 pages,…

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