Books
about Farm Life, Small Town Life, the Midwest, and
Scandinavian-Americans
Featuring
the Heartwarming Humor of "Those Lutheran
Ladies"
Geographic
and Regional
Oh,
Grandma, You're
Kidding by Gladys S. Douglas
Subtitled
"Memories of 75 years in the Great Plains", this is a delightful and
informative book that will let the reader be a
witness to the fabric of
Nebraska life one hundred years ago. It contains such interesting
chapter titles as "The Baseburner and a Hot Brick", "Riding the Train",
"Omaha's Easter Tornado" and "Seeing Halley's Comet".
Because
this book is now 25 years old, the reader gets a first-hand perspective
of life a few decades earlier than those contained in more recent
nostalgia books. As Roger L. Welsch, Nebraska author and
folklorist
writes, "In these pages the reader will find the flow of family and
tradition, the story of the common man and woman in Nebraska during the
early years of the [last] century.
This
book is no longer in print, and I only have 1 copy remaining.
I
- 06Paperback$7.95
Shipwrecks Along Lake Superior's
North Shore by Stephen B. Daniel
According
to information provided by the Minnesota Historical Society, publisher
of this brand new book, "beneath the icy waters of Lake Superior lies a
vast museum of maritime treasures, relics, and souls that in years past
were lost to the crashing waves of this massive body of water."
Many
of those souls were, of course, Scandinavian immigrants who, because of
their earlier fishing experiences in the North Sea, found work on the
Great Lakes.
When
writing this book author Stephen B. Daniel collaborated with the
Great
Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society and, although it is defined as "a
diver's guide", one doesn't have to go under the chilly waters of Lake
Superior to enjoy this book.
Daniel, a
veteran diver, has designed the book for those of us in "dry dock".
He provides in-depth tours and 40 locational maps, details on the
construction of these submerged vessels, descriptions of the
circumstances, and histories of many of the sunken ships in Lake
Superior. He supplements his text with 300 black and white photographs,
charts,
and 75 drawings or diagrams, and informs readers of the efforts
being taken today
to
preserve these mysterious nautical sites.
MN-01Paperback $24.95
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Oh,
Grandma, You're
Kidding by Gladys S. Douglas
