Unusual, interesting and little known stories of the state of Minnesota. Minnesota Tales is aimed at the target of familiarity-plus-novelty. These suspense-packed stories constitute "history for the ordinary person," and a few include really great traditions passed orally from generation to generation.
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Webb Garrison, formerly associate dean of Emory University and president of McKendree College, wrote more than 55 books, including Civil War Curiosities and Civil War Trivia and Fact Book. Before his death in 2000, Garrison lived in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.
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Air pollution was not considered a problem in Minnesota in 1894; the ever-present smoke from "clearing fires" was simply a nuisance-or a sign of progress. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, Saint Paul, Mississippi River, Fort Snelling, New York, Saint Louis, Land of Lakes, Paul Bunyan, Judy Garland, University of Minnesota, George Catlin, Kensington Stone, North America, Thomas Jefferson, Prairie Home Companion, Minnesota River, Twin Cities, World War, Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, Louisiana Purchase, Minnesota Public Radio, White House, Billy Graham, David Karpeles New!
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Air pollution was not considered a problem in Minnesota in 1894; the ever-present smoke from "clearing fires" was simply a nuisance-or a sign of progress. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bull dance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Saint Paul, Mississippi River, Fort Snelling, New York, Saint Louis, Land of Lakes, Paul Bunyan, Judy Garland, University of Minnesota, George Catlin, Kensington Stone, North America, Thomas Jefferson, Prairie Home Companion, Minnesota River, Twin Cities, World War, Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, Louisiana Purchase, Minnesota Public Radio, White House, Billy Graham, David Karpeles New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Spirit Of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 110, page 112, and Back Matter
- The Spirit of St. Louis (Scribner Classic) by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 110, page 112, and Back Matter
- The Song of Hiawatha by W. Henry Longfellow on page 92, page 94, and Back Matter
- The Song of Hiawatha (Everyman's Library (Paper)) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on page 92, page 94, and Back Matter
- North America (Visual Geography) by G.H.C. Waters on page 28, and page 187
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- Last Hurrah of the James-Younger Gang by Robert Barr Smith in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Oddball Minnesota: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places (Oddball series) by Jerome Pohlen in Back Matter
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