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 Hidewood: Memories of a Dakota Neighborhood by Robert Amerson The
"Dakota" referred to is South Dakota and the county is Deuel, which
borders Minnesota. The time covered is from 1934 to 1942, and the
daily activities range from fencing and water-witching as a lone person
to celebrations and politics at the community level.
It
appears that the author has achieved his goal of portraying the past by
focusing not only on the tasks and topics of the day, but on "how it
felt, sounded and looked".
SD
- 01 Paperback $17.95
 Mapping the Farm:
The Chronicle of a Family by
John HildebrandIn
what has been called an "absorbing and hauntingly beautiful book," the
author passionately writes about four
generations of a Minnesota farm family, and maps the story of a
240-acre farm in southeastern Minnesota and of the O'Neill family that
lives there. This is a double history — of a family, and of
agriculture
— from 1880 when farming was king until the end of the 20th century
when subdivisions and four-lane highways split up the land and social
progress divides families.
If
the decline of rural communities, institutions, and farms are of
special interest to you, we suggest that you also purchase
the video, Delafield.
FA - 02 Paperback $14.95
 Barns of
Minnesota Photography by Doug
Ohman
andStory by Will Weaver NOMINATED
FOR A 2006 MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD!
This book pays tribute to these vanishing rural icons that symbolize a way of life on the land that was as strong and proud, as fragile and humble, as the barns among us. The rise of agribusiness and corporate farming has made barns nearly obsolete, and the old barns that once anchored family farms across Minnesota are slowly vanishing due to technology and a century of Minnesota's winters. This book combines fact with fiction: the 85 stunning color photographs by Minnesotan Doug Ohman of these once numerous barns are accompanied by a small, moving novel — written by Minnesota's own Will Weaver — about the life and death of one barn through the eyes of the family who built it. According to Weaver, barns "...are landmarks, they are icons, they are metaphors, they are symbols. There's so much meaning packed into those old barns... They're now as obsolete as the steamship, as the coal fired 
locomotive." A perfect gift for anyone over 20, these 125 pages (plus an Afterword by Weaver and Ohlman) stick with you long after you finish devouring the pictures and reading this uplifting, yet sad, story. This is still my favorite story, and that of many of my friends and family. FA - 03 Jacketed Hardcover $19.95
 Voices
for the
Land
Photography
by Brian Peterson Essays and Thoughts by 52 Minnesotans A few years ago, the Voices for the Land project, organized by the nonprofit group 1000 Friends of Minnesota, encouraged Minnesotans to write about the land they love, and to fight for its preservation. The Minneapolis Star Tribune published a selection of these essays, paired with Brian Peterson's photos, in an award-winning series. Voices for the Land brings these essays and photos together now in paperbook form. Brian Peterson has been honored eight times as the Minnesota Press Photographer of the Year. This marriage of words, images, and landscape provides a powerful reminder of our deep and abiding connection to the land. Fifty-two Minnesotans write about the special, sometimes secret, places that give their lives meaning. For some it is their home or cabin or lake; for others, it's a family farm or neighborhood park, a backyard garden or north woods trail--all places where one finds a personal and spiritual connection to the land. The writers share the experience of these favorite places through their senses, from the aching tingle of a cold winter night and the sound of ice "singing" to the buzz of mosquitoes and the acrid smell of burning peat. FA - 04 Paperback $19.95  Ole's Oil Rag  We listened to you men! You saw "Helga Hanson's Hotflash Hanky" and said you wanted something too. Well, here you are. "Ole's Oil Rag -- For When Your Dipstick Comes Up Short"! CA 9 - 04
Cloth Hanky $6.95
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