Non-Fiction Books
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Sale!Curt Bush knew nothing of sailing until he bought a "Sea Mouse" off the side of the road and started learning the ropes, shall we say. He kept at it until he undertook his dream of sailing single-handed from Duluth, Minnesota to the Atlantic ocean via the St. Lawrence Seaway. This is the tale of his adventure from humble beginnings to dramatic end. It is a fantastic, fun-filled, fascinating saga of sailing that is truly captivating as the rookie turns into an old salt and earns his sailing cred the hard way.
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In 1918 fire protection was rudimentary at best. At worst it was non-existent. In this finely written book, local reporter and Hermantown historian Connie Jacobson details the physical mayhem and emotional shock and trauma that the rural community and its pioneer residents suffered during the most ruinous, devastating, cataclysmic fire in the history of northeastern Minnesota.
ISBN: 978-1-937706-18-0
SIZE: 8 x 10 Large Format
Paperback
140 Pages
Numerous Historical, Original Photos and Illustrations
Original Cover Art by Karen Holden
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A very popular pictorial history of one of the finest short lines in America.
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Betty Powell Skoog, of Irish-Ojibwa descent, was raised in the traditional ways of her Ojibwa grandmother, along the shores of Saganagons Lake in Ontario, Canada. As the white settlers moved into the area, their growing influence changed Betty's way of life.
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Sale!The Final Buzzer ought to be required reading for anyone in high school athletics.
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Sale!Stories collected and compiled by Georgeann Cheney and Theodore Meronek.
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A Minnesota Pioneer Memoir that reveals rural life the way it was...challenging, inspirational, tragic, happy, everything life is meant to be. Funny, poignant, old-time writing.
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Sale!Discover 23 small towns where the corner cafe still dishes up home cookin' and old-timers still sit on porch swings.
