Minnesota Historical Society Press

A concise history, featuring stories that are familiar, surprising, and sure to change the way you see the Zenith City.Author: Tony DierckinsPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society PressPublication...

Record executive, producer, band manager, club DJ, booking advisor, record store manager--few people had as deep an impact on the Twin Cities alternative and indie rock scene as Peter Jesperson. A...

A pragmatic guide to the legislative process, with proven techniques for legislating from the minority side of the aisle--and powerful insights on how collaboration makes for better lawmaking.Author:...

A new annotated edition of this primer on the complex and contested history of Minnesota's premier historical site.Author: Peter DeCarloPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society PressPublication Date:...

The biography of a pioneer in early desegregation, anti-lynching, and civil rights cases, and a tireless activist and organizer for African American civil rights.Author: Paul Nelson, David Levering...

From the finest restaurants of Paris to the Kashmiri Dining Room at the Ambassador Motor Hotel in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Steve Lerach offers an entertaining, outrageous, and compassionate look at...

From the subcontinent to the North Star State, Minnesota's Indian Americans--engineers and doctors, teachers and entrepreneurs, artists and chefs--enrich their new homeland with a vibrant cultural...

A respected Ojibwe elder records the many traditions and ceremonies, from birth customs and dream catchers to fasting and first-kill feasts, practiced by Ojibwe children and their parents. The Ojibwe...

Presented in the Ojibwe language, these delightful short stories bring to life the tales and traditions of the Ojibwe people while providing essential tools for language-learning.Author:...

The Great Spirit challenges all the birds to a contest, and the result helps to explain bird behavior--and where humans should go to hear the prettiest of birdsongs. When Mother Earth was very young...

From winter hunts to picnic foraging, Coyote makes his deliberate way through the seasons in his urban habitat. His adventures come to life in this lavishly illustrated tale. Down at the lake, Coyote...

A never-before-published book by famed Native American author Charles Eastman recounts the stories of the Dakota creation cycle as they were told a century and a half ago. In the 1860s and 1870s, the...

In 1860, Eliza Winston escaped enslavement while traveling in Minnesota, where she secured her freedom through legal appeal. Her story adds powerful testimony to African American experiences and...

From the early days through Prohibition and the swing era, then to bebop and beyond, this is the story of jazz music, musicians, and venues in Minneapolis and St. Paul.Author: Jay Goetting, Leigh...

An Ojibwe girl practices her dance steps, gets help from her family, and is inspired by the soaring flight of Migizi, the eagle, as she prepares for her first powwow.Author: Denise...

From sm?rg?sbord and St. Lucia processions to Christmas Eve gatherings with dear family and friends, Swedish American holiday traditions are linked through the generations by a legacy of meatballs...

Celebrate all the holidays--and then some--with renowned storyteller Kevin Kling, whose sense of the ridiculous never gets in the way of his appreciation for human nature.Author: Kevin...

Families and food, entrepreneurs and scholars, faith communities and cultural groups--the history of Koreans in Minnesota involves celebrating their heritage and embracing a northern home.Author:...

Hypothermia, lightning strikes, high winds, medical emergencies, miscalculations--the dangers are real in canoe country. Last Entry Point shares tales of tragedy and near-tragedy in the Boundary...

Leaving Rollingstone is the story of how a Twin Cities advertising writer and novelist reclaimed the enduring values and surprising vitality of his small-town Minnesota boyhood.Author: Kevin...

Scores of WWII POWs offer lessons of wartime as they remember the terror and hardship of their days in captivity.Author: Thomas SaylorPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society PressPublication Date:...

Three young cousins explore the woods in search of medicines that heal and purify, also gathering advice from wise beings who offer life lessons cherished through generations. "I'm running low on...

Dramatic first-person narratives and historic photographs bring to life the history of the Minneapolis riverfront, its industries, and its people.Author: Shannon M. PennefeatherPublisher: Minnesota...

Flavored with contemporary newspaper quotations and illustrated with period images, this political history inspires greater understanding of a preeminent American city.Author: Iric...

A concise history of Minneapolis, featuring stories that are familiar, surprising, and sure to change the way you see the City of Lakes--newly updated with reflections on the city at the center of a...

The user-friendly guide to nearly two-hundred breathtaking historic house museums across Minnesota.Author: Krista Finstad HansonPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society PressPublication Date: January...

A story of trauma, tragedy, and perseverance in a year that proved to be a turning point in the making of modern America.Author: Curt BrownPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society PressPublication...

In1880s Minnesota a remarkable lawsuit posed questions about cultural practicesin an immigrant community and the rights of its members as Americans--inspiring a wide-reaching debate about faith and...

The story of the past twelve thousand years of Minnesota told from the perspective of the only major waterfall on the Mississippi River, with stunning artwork by Gaylord Schanilec.Author: John...

An isolated northern farm provides the backdrop to a child's searching, empathetic view of his conflicted mother during the last three years of her life.Author: Mark Anthony RoloPublisher: Minnesota...