Minnesota Historical Society Press Publisher Books


John Ireland & the American Catholic ChurchJohn Ireland & the American Catholic Church
Best Price: $25.51
John Ireland (1838-1918), first archbishop of St. Paul, believed that the United States offered...
Story of Minnesotas PastStory of Minnesotas Past
Best Price: $18.84
The Story of Minnesota's Past embraces the broad sweep of change over this land now called...
What This Awl Means: Feminist Archaeology at a Wahpeton Dakota VillageWhat This Awl Means: Feminist Archaeology at a Wahpeton Dakota Village
Best Price: $6.65
This pioneering work focuses on excavations and discoveries at Little Rapids, a 19th-century...
An English Dakota Dictionary (Borealis)An English Dakota Dictionary (Borealis)
Best Price: $15.77
This dictionary is not helpful for someone who wants to learn the language. The spelling is...
Ojibwa of Western Canada: 1780 to 1870 (Manitoba Studies in Native History, No 8)Ojibwa of Western Canada: 1780 to 1870 (Manitoba Studies in Native History, No 8)
Best Price: $13.65
Peers examines the emergence of the western Ojibwa in the context of the historical forces that...


Halfway Home: A Granddaughters Biogrpahy (Midwest Reflections)Halfway Home: A Granddaughters Biogrpahy (Midwest Reflections)
Best Price: $10.00
Mary Logue gives her readers a tender and intimate peek into her family in this tribute to her...
Building Community Keeping the Faith: German Catholic Vernacular Architecture in a Rural Minnesota ParishBuilding Community Keeping the Faith: German Catholic Vernacular Architecture in a Rural Minnesota Parish
The German Catholic immigrants who founded St. John the Baptist parish on the central Minnesota...
Honor the Grandmothers: Dakota and Lakota Women Tell Their StoriesHonor the Grandmothers: Dakota and Lakota Women Tell Their Stories
Best Price: $8.00
"Honoring the Grandmothers" is a slim book, barely bigger than your average sized...
The Dakota War of 1862The Dakota War of 1862
Best Price: $13.55
This is a very short history of the 1862 Dakota War but it's absolutely FULL of information,...
Irish in Minnesota (People Of Minnesota)Irish in Minnesota (People Of Minnesota)
Best Price: $8.12
Irish immigrants to Minnesota performed two surprising feats. Generally thought in the United...


MINNESOTA OPEN HOUSE A Guide to Historic House MuseumsMINNESOTA OPEN HOUSE A Guide to Historic House Museums
if y are looking for compact guide with lots of details buy this one-its a great buy
Norwegians on the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country TownNorwegians on the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country Town
Best Price: $14.93
Found it very interesting reading and actually had a relative quoted in the book. Pretty cool!
Come One Come All: Easy Entertaining with Seasonal MenusCome One Come All: Easy Entertaining with Seasonal Menus
Best Price: $8.82
If you're the type who can't enjoy your own party because you're too stressed out...
Ojibwe in Minnesota (People Of Minnesota)Ojibwe in Minnesota (People Of Minnesota)
Best Price: $8.69
I picked from the library shelf and spent the afternoon reading it. When I finished I reread...
A Choice of WeaponsA Choice of Weapons
Best Price: $12.03
A choice of weapons chronicles the development of Gordon Parks' decision to use photography...

Brother of Mine: The Civil War Letters of Thomas and William ChristieBrother of Mine: The Civil War Letters of Thomas and William Christie
Best Price: $7.10
In 1861, as President Lincoln called for volunteers to defend the Union, Thomas Christie wrote...
Latino MinnesotaLatino Minnesota
Best Price: $16.11
Latino Minnesota is the story of a vibrant, diverse community whose contributions to the...
Libraries of Minnesota (Minnesota Byways)Libraries of Minnesota (Minnesota Byways)
Best Price: $15.83
From cozy structures near small-town parks to impressive buildings in metropolitan downtowns,...
Minnesota Eats Out: An Illustrated HistoryMinnesota Eats Out: An Illustrated HistoryWhere One Voice Ends Another Begins: 150 Years of Minneosta PoetryWhere One Voice Ends Another Begins: 150 Years of Minneosta Poetry

Tales of the Road: Highway 61 [TALES OF THE ROAD -OS N/D]Tales of the Road: Highway 61 [TALES OF THE ROAD -OS N/D]
Best Price: $27.95
The Last Letter Home (The Emigrant Novels / Vilhelm Moberg, Book 4)The Last Letter Home (The Emigrant Novels / Vilhelm Moberg, Book 4)
Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar...
The Emigrants (The Emigrant Novels / Vilhelm Moberg, Book 1)The Emigrants (The Emigrant Novels / Vilhelm Moberg, Book 1)
Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar...
Eggs in the Coffee, Sheep in the Corn (Midwest Reflections)Eggs in the Coffee, Sheep in the Corn (Midwest Reflections)
The world turned upside down for city-bred Marjorie Douglas when, in 1943, her young husband...
Barns of MinnesotaBarns of Minnesota

Food Will Win the WarFood Will Win the War
Meatless Mondays, Wheatless Wednesdays, vegetable gardens and chickens in every empty lot. When...
Mill City: a Visual History of the Minneapolis Mill DistrictMill City: a Visual History of the Minneapolis Mill DistrictFood on the Frontier: Minnesota Cooking from 1850 to 1900 with Selected Recipes (Publications of the Minnesota Historical Society)Food on the Frontier: Minnesota Cooking from 1850 to 1900 with Selected Recipes (Publications of the Minnesota Historical Society)
Best Price: $10.88
A unique cookbook that combines lively social history with mouthwatering recipes from "the...
Growing Pains: Diaries And Drawings From The Years 1908-17 (Borealis Books)Growing Pains: Diaries And Drawings From The Years 1908-17 (Borealis Books)
Best Price: $11.84
Wanda Gág, the noted childrens' author and fine-art printmaker, first published...
Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians (Borealis Books)Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians (Borealis Books)
Best Price: $8.95
This is a Minnesota Historical Society reprint of the anthropological study done by Gilbert...

Toward Magnetic North: The Oberholtzer-Magee 1912 Canoe Journey to Hudson BayToward Magnetic North: The Oberholtzer-Magee 1912 Canoe Journey to Hudson Bay
Best Price: $40.41
A stunning collection of conservationist and explorer Oberholtzer's photographs and journal...
AIA Guide to St. Paul's Summit Avenue and Hill DistrictAIA Guide to St. Paul's Summit Avenue and Hill District
Best Price: $10.79
Let architecture critic Larry Millett be your guide to one of the most picturesque neighborhoods...
Beginning Dakota/Tokaheya Dakota Iyapi Kin: 24 Language and Grammar Lessons with GlossariesBeginning Dakota/Tokaheya Dakota Iyapi Kin: 24 Language and Grammar Lessons with Glossaries
Best Price: $15.86
As the 'title' of my review implies, this is a great textbook for those that want to...
In the Mood for Munsingwear: Minnesota's Claim to Underwear FameIn the Mood for Munsingwear: Minnesota's Claim to Underwear Fame
Best Price: $18.65
Munsingwear got its beginnings when George Munsing moved to Minnesota from New York in 1886 to...
Tales of the Road: Highway 61Tales of the Road: Highway 61
Best Price: $14.60
Cathy Wurzer unearths stories about historic buildings, abandoned sites, decaying structures,...

Canoeing with the CreeCanoeing with the CreeLandscapes of Minnesota: a GeographyLandscapes of Minnesota: a GeographyAfrican Americans in Minnesota (People Of Minnesota)African Americans in Minnesota (People Of Minnesota)
While making up a smaller percentage of Minnesota's population compared to national...
The VoyageurThe Voyageur
The Voyageur is the authoritative account of a unique and colorful group of men whose exploits,...
Minnesota A to Z: Coloring BookMinnesota A to Z: Coloring Book
Best Price: $23.36
Animals, Baseball, Capitol -- all the way to below Zero! This coloring book uses a mix of...

Radicalism in Minnesota 1900-1960: A Survey of Selected SourcesRadicalism in Minnesota 1900-1960: A Survey of Selected Sources
Best Price: $13.92
This bibliography documenting Minnesota's rich legacy of left-wing political radicalism...
Emigrants: The Emigrant Novels Book 1 (The Emigrant Novels / Vilhelm Moberg, Book 1)Emigrants: The Emigrant Novels Book 1 (The Emigrant Novels / Vilhelm Moberg, Book 1)
Best Price: $7.25
Moberg's The Emigrants humanizes and personalizes the migration of Swedes to America through...
Jerome Liebling: The Minnesota Photographs 1949-1969Jerome Liebling: The Minnesota Photographs 1949-1969
Best Price: $36.50
This is a must have book for anyone intereted in photography. Jerry Liebling is one of the...
Trapping the Boundary Waters: A Tenderfoot in the Border Country 1919-1920 (Midwest Reflections)Trapping the Boundary Waters: A Tenderfoot in the Border Country 1919-1920 (Midwest Reflections)
Best Price: $11.05
The great American writer Hemingway wrote about the "lost generation" the fellows who...
African Americans in Minnesota: Telling Our Own Stories (People of the Heartland)African Americans in Minnesota: Telling Our Own Stories (People of the Heartland)
Best Price: $12.94
This book features true stories about the lives and times of nine children and adults whose...

Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical EncyclopediaMinnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia
Best Price: $36.08
This book takes an extremely complex and daunting task and summarizes it for any lover of...
Fredrick L. McGhee: A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912Fredrick L. McGhee: A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912
Best Price: $27.50
Distinguished by his hawk-like gaze and shock of silver hair, his forceful oratory and fierce...
Voices for the Land: Minnesotans Write About Places They LoveVoices for the Land: Minnesotans Write About Places They Love
Best Price: $29.95
This is a must have for anyone who cares about Minnesota and it's ever changing landscape. ...
National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota: A GuideNational Register of Historic Places in Minnesota: A Guide
Best Price: $12.13
Minnesotans can boast of a treasure trove of historic buildings, landmarks, and sites in our...
A Country Doctor's Casebook: Tales from the North Woods (Midwest Reflections)A Country Doctor's Casebook: Tales from the North Woods (Midwest Reflections)
Best Price: $8.21
Dr. MacDonald's book is a welcome remembrance to those who lived in Northern Minnesota in...

Being Dakota: Tales and Traditions of the Sisseton & WahpetonBeing Dakota: Tales and Traditions of the Sisseton & Wahpeton
Best Price: $36.89
At the beginning of the twentieth century, a few members of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota...
Journals of Jonathan CarverJournals of Jonathan Carver
Best Price: $24.95
I SAW A DOCUMENTARY ON THIS: IT WAS ON A SHOW CALLED 'A HAUNTING': AND THEY SAID IN...
History of Minnesota 4 Vol SetHistory of Minnesota 4 Vol Set
William Watts Folwell's authoritative A History of Minnesota in four volumes tells the story...
Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865: Two Volume Set with IndexMinnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865: Two Volume Set with Index
Best Price: $150.00
A handsome and critical addition to the library of every historian, genealogist, and Civil War...
550 Dakota Verbs550 Dakota Verbs
Best Price: $19.94
This book is set up for use by people hoping to learn how to speak Dakota. This makes it a step...

Being Dakota: Tales and Traditions of the Sisseton and WahpetonBeing Dakota: Tales and Traditions of the Sisseton and Wahpeton
Best Price: $13.73
A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title.  Amos E. Oneroad moved in two worlds. Educated in...
900 Miles from Nowhere: Voices from the Homestead Frontier900 Miles from Nowhere: Voices from the Homestead Frontier
Best Price: $19.92
After reading "900 Miles from Nowhere" I am amazed at the pioneer spirit, and their...
Minnesota Hoops: Basketball in the North Star StateMinnesota Hoops: Basketball in the North Star State
Best Price: $8.99
From 1892 when students of basketball inventor Dr. James A. Naismith brought the game to...
A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Early MinnesotaA Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Early Minnesota
Best Price: $12.75
Dr. Green has put together a wide range of original sources to paint a comprehensive picture of...
Newspapers on the Minnesota FrontierNewspapers on the Minnesota Frontier
Best Price: $24.95
Minnesota Territory?s earliest publications in St. Paul and St. Anthony (now Minneapolis) were...

Progressive Era in Minnesota 1899-1918Progressive Era in Minnesota 1899-1918
Best Price: $24.94
Progressivism, one of the most important political and social trends of the early twentieth...
Pale Horse at Plum Run: The First Minnesota at GettysburgPale Horse at Plum Run: The First Minnesota at Gettysburg
Best Price: $10.75
This book provides a detailed perspective of the 1st Minnesota Regiment's experiences during...
Barns of Minnesota (Minnesota Byways)Barns of Minnesota (Minnesota Byways)
Best Price: $15.88
We live in a Yankee Barn Home in Minnesota that is constructed from 150-100 year old timbers...
A Popular History of MinnesotaA Popular History of Minnesota
Best Price: $12.22
Outstanding! I reviewed several histories of Minnesota, and I came to the conclusion that this...
Minnesota Weather AlmanacMinnesota Weather Almanac
Best Price: $14.76
Nice weather, isn't it?" So goes a typical Minnesota greeting--and if the weather...

Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900-1945Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900-1945
Best Price: $40.17
Prior to World War I, printmaking in the United States was, with a few exceptions, primarily the...
Latino MinnesotaLatino Minnesota
Best Price: $4.00
The upper-Midwest American state of Minnesota is principally noted for its waves of immigrants...
The Settlers (The Emigrant Novels, Book 3)The Settlers (The Emigrant Novels, Book 3)
Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar...
Little CrowLittle Crow
With this statement, "I, Ta-o-ya-te-du-ta, am not a coward. I will die with you,"...
Remembering the Good WarRemembering the Good War
World War II was the defining event for a generation of Americans. Remembering the Good War...

Wineries Of Wisconsin And MinnesotaWineries Of Wisconsin And Minnesota
Wine. The word calls to mind vineyards descending stark Spanish hills, vats lining Tuscan...
Churches of MinnesotaChurches of MinnesotaHarvest of GriefHarvest of GriefChippewa Customs (Borealis Books)Chippewa Customs (Borealis Books)
Best Price: $8.37
I wasn't sure what I was expecting when I picked up "Chippewa Customs" by...
Little Crow: Spokesman For The SiouxLittle Crow: Spokesman For The Sioux
Best Price: $10.90
Gary C. Anderson is an expert on Dakota/Sioux history. His doctoral dissertation, published...

The Prints of Adolf Dehn : A Catalogue RaisonneThe Prints of Adolf Dehn : A Catalogue Raisonne
Best Price: $75.00
This catalogue raisonne reproduces 665 black-and-white and 12 color prints. Minnesota-born Adolf...
One Womans War: Letters Home From The Womens Army Corp 1944-1946One Womans War: Letters Home From The Womens Army Corp 1944-1946
Best Price: $16.09
Anne wrote weekly letters to her parents back in Minnesota, chronicling a familiar yet uncommon...
Grand Mound (Mn Historic Site Pamphlets)Grand Mound (Mn Historic Site Pamphlets)
Best Price: $7.49
Twin Cities Then and Now (Minnesota)Twin Cities Then and Now (Minnesota)
Best Price: $17.95
My dad grew up in the Twin Cities in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, so I thought that this would be a...
Ojibway Music from Minnesota: A Century of Song for Voice and Drum (MHS Minnesota Musical Traditio)Ojibway Music from Minnesota: A Century of Song for Voice and Drum (MHS Minnesota Musical Traditio)
The audio cd of Ojibway Music from Minnesota: A Century of Song for Voice and Drum is a good...

Dear Poppa: The World War II Berman Family LettersDear Poppa: The World War II Berman Family Letters
Best Price: $22.76
David, Betsy, and Sammy Berman were nine, six, and four years old in May 1943 when the U.S....
Selling the Mill City: A Postcard BookSelling the Mill City: A Postcard Book
Best Price: $7.94
During Minneapolis's fifty-year reign as the nation's Mill City, flour companies flooded...
Horns of Thunder: The Life and Times of James M. GoodhueHorns of Thunder: The Life and Times of James M. Goodhue
Best Price: $19.95
Vital and colorful, witty and entertaining, full of the youth and vigor and optimism of the...
Mexicans in Minnesota (People Of Minnesota)Mexicans in Minnesota (People Of Minnesota)
Best Price: $11.85
From the colorful supermercados of St. Paul's West Side to the rural communities of the Red...
Christmas in MinnesotaChristmas in Minnesota
Best Price: $10.49
Like the warmth of a cabin fireplace and the twinkle of lights along the edge of a frozen lake, ...

Newspapers on the Minnesota FrontierNewspapers on the Minnesota Frontier
Best Price: $24.95
Minnesota Territory?s earliest publications in St. Paul and St. Anthony (now Minneapolis) were...
Progressive Era in Minnesota 1899-1918Progressive Era in Minnesota 1899-1918
Best Price: $24.94
Progressivism, one of the most important political and social trends of the early twentieth...
Pale Horse at Plum Run: The First Minnesota at GettysburgPale Horse at Plum Run: The First Minnesota at Gettysburg
Best Price: $10.75
This book provides a detailed perspective of the 1st Minnesota Regiment's experiences during...
Barns of Minnesota (Minnesota Byways)Barns of Minnesota (Minnesota Byways)
Best Price: $15.88
We live in a Yankee Barn Home in Minnesota that is constructed from 150-100 year old timbers...
A Popular History of MinnesotaA Popular History of Minnesota
Best Price: $12.22
Outstanding! I reviewed several histories of Minnesota, and I came to the conclusion that this...

Minnesota Weather AlmanacMinnesota Weather Almanac
Best Price: $14.76
Nice weather, isn't it?" So goes a typical Minnesota greeting--and if the weather...
Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900-1945Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900-1945
Best Price: $40.17
Prior to World War I, printmaking in the United States was, with a few exceptions, primarily the...
Latino MinnesotaLatino Minnesota
Best Price: $4.00
The upper-Midwest American state of Minnesota is principally noted for its waves of immigrants...
The Settlers (The Emigrant Novels, Book 3)The Settlers (The Emigrant Novels, Book 3)
Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar...
 
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