Minnesota Days: Our Heritage in Stories, Art, and Photos

Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1999. Pictorial boards, 160 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour map; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "Minnesota Days is a collection of writing, photography, and artwork focusing on Minnesota: its history, variety of people, and culture. Discover what life was like as one of the first settlers on the prairie, or what it was like to be a new immigrant in Minneapolis in 1900s.Find out how Native Americans remember life in the 1800s and what it's like in this community today.Learn about the memories of those who grew up in the state as fArican-Americans. From the northern forests to the southern plains, from the farms to the hustle and bustle of the cities, Minnesota Days tells the whole story of the people who call this exceptional place home. Contributors represent the best of Minnesota writing: Garrison Keillor, Laura Ingalls Wilder, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Jim Klobuchar, Bill Holm, Sigurd Olson, Ole R lvaag, Jim Northrup, Winona LaDuke, Gordon Parks, Evelyn Fairbanks, Meridel LeSueur, Paul Gruchow, Jon Hassler, and others. Photography and artwork is from such well-known artists as Jim Brandenburg, Craig Blacklock, Wanda G g, Bob Artley, William Albert Allard, Gary Alan Nelson, Francis Lee Jaques, Carl Gawboy, and others. Current and former Minnesota residents alike will cherish this tribute to the 'land of 10,000 lakes.' Share the tradition with others; it makes a great gift!" - Publisher. CONTENTS: The once and future land (First impressions of civilization, by Charles A. Eastman; The ancient people and the newly come, by Meridel LeSueur; Culture clash, by Jim Northrup; A choice of weapons, by Gordon Parks); North of Eden (The glittering cloud Laura Ingalls Wilder; The heart that dared not let in the sun, by O.E. Rolvaag; Echoes of cool red tunnels, by Jim Klobuchar; Cruising God's country, by Siguurd F. Olson); Main Street (The busy body and the good influence, by Sinclair Lewis; Goths and visigoths, by Jon Hassler; Life is good, by Garrison Keillor; The romantic egoist, by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Being respectable, by Grace H. Flandrau; God, by Evelyn Fairbanks). History, home, and a land of ghosts (Giiwosebig: The hunting party, by Winona Laduke; The visible dead, by Bill Holm; Home is a place in time, by Paul Gruchow).. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.