Larry Watson's bestselling novel Montana 1948 was acclaimed as a «work of art» (Susan Petro, San Francisco Chronicle), a prize-winning evocation of a time, a place, and a family. Justice is the stunning prequel that illuminates the Hayden clan's early years, and the circumstances that led to the events of Montana 1948. With the precision of a master storyteller, Watson moves seamlessly among the strong and hard-bitten characters that m ...
In 1918, Minnesota and its residents were confronted with a series of devastating events that put communities to the test, forcing them to persevere through untold hardship. First, as the nation immersed itself in the global conflict later known as World War I, some 118,000 Minnesotans served in the war effort, both at home and "over there"–and citizens on the home front were subjected to loyalty tests and new depths ...
The story of Albert Alonzo "Doc" Ames is perhaps the greatest political scandal in Minnesota history. As mayor of Minneapolis, Ames exposed the city to national humiliation–and helped jump-start an era of reform. <br/> <br/> At the turn of the twentieth century, Minneapolis was moving away from a time of political rings, frontier justice, and old boys' clubs to a more civic-minded way of governing. ...
The chapter on the First Minnesota's moment of supreme sacrifice at Gettysburg is the best thing of its kind that I have ever read. –James M. McPherson??This excerpted e-short would include a reworked introduction of the regiment, its call-up at Fort Snelling, the powerful chapter on the July 2-3, 1863 Battle at Gettysburg, and a revised prologue. ...
Largely developed by Norwegians, Swedes, and Swedish-speaking Finns who spread in a short time across eight distinct settlements, the isolated community of Hovland, Minnesota, quickly established a reputation for its natural beauty and the lively activity and hospitality of its people. Excerpted and adapted from the book Norwegians and Swedes in the United States: Friends and Neighbors edited by Philip J. Anderson and Dag Blanck. ...
An overview of how Minnesotans of diverse backgrounds—soldiers, women, African Americans, and Native Americans—served their country during the Civil War. Excerpted from Creating Minnesota: A History from the Inside Out (MHS Press, 2007). ...
As the first of the MHS Express imprint, this short e-book will highlight the rifts and crises leading up to the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota between the Dakota people and the U.S. government, as keenly represented by then-governor and later militia colonel Henry Sibley, and will weave together excerpts from the 2004 MHS book, Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart, and with a new MHS Express introduction by author Rhoda Gilman. ...
A short-form e-book original providing a brief history of the famed automobile assembly plant in St. Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood, 1925-2011. Based on an essay written for the Society for Industrial Archaeology. ...
