Minnesota Historical Society Press imprint: 155 books
They Sang for Norway
Olaf Oleson's Immigrant Choir
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
They were brothers from Norway's "Red County." One was a guerrilla leader, the other a president of a singing association. One emigrated to America, the other stayed home to fight for Norwegian independence. Both had an impact on their nation's history. This is the story of the one who left.
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by Kate Roberts, Adam Scher
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Toys from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s capture the joy of play and the pure fun of being a kid. But beneath those iconic names are rich veins of nostalgia, memory, and history. These toys—and the stories of the kids, parents, child-rearing experts, inventors, manufacturers, and advertisers they affected—reflect...
by Lois Phillips Hudson
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Lois Phillips Hudson eloquently portrays George Custer, a determined and angry man who must battle both the land and the landlord; his hard-working wife Rachel; and their young and vulnerable daughter Lucy. Through their compelling story looms a sense of a whole nation's tragedy during the Great Depression.
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The Civil War Letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg
A Norwegian Regiment in the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
A collection of Civil War–era letters written by Hans Christian Heg, who grew up in southeastern Norway, migrated to Wisconsin, and traveled to the gold fields of California and the mining camps of the West, only to return to the Badger State to lead a regiment of Scandinavian immigrants—the Fifteenth...
Norwegian Newspapers in America
Connecting Norway and the New Land
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
In the nineteenth century, the United States, "the land of newspapers," was also fast becoming the land of immigrants, with increasing numbers of Norwegians arriving amid the European influx. Already Skandinaven, published out of Chicago, kept newcomers and their Old World friends and family...
by Ka Vang
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
With humor and sensitivity, poet, playwright, and writer Ka Vang examines and critiques what it means to be “a good Hmong girl” in America today. Excerpted from Hmong and American: From Refugees to Citizens (MHS Press, 2012).
Alice in France
The World War I Letters of Alice M. O’Brien
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
July 19, 1918: The wounded were pouring into the four Hospitals of the town. . . . We have decided to double up for a few days—half of us work at the Canteen and half at the Hospitals, taking turns. It will be hard work for awhile but everyone feels that you can't work hard enough these days.
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Tell Me Exactly What Happened
Dispatches from 911
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
“Every day, I think about quitting this job.”?The job of an emergency call operator continues to change: new technology, new drills, new threats to the peace of the community. In this book, the author of Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat returns, no longer a rookie, with new insights and stories...
Minneapolis in the Twentieth Century
The Growth of an American City
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Today, Minneapolis is considered one of the most desirable places to live in the United States. However, like most cities, Minneapolis has its own checkered history.
Iric Nathanson shines a light in dark corners of the city's past, exploring corruption that existed between the police department...
Calling This Place Home
Women on the Wisconsin Frontier, 1850-1925
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Swedish domestic worker Emina Johnson witnessed the great Peshtigo fire in 1871; Cherokee nurse Isabella Wolfe served the Lac du Flambeau reservation for decades; the author's own grandmother, Matilda Schopp, was one of numerous immigrants who eked out a living on the Wisconsin cutover. Calling This...
Women of the Northern Plains
Gender and Settlement on the Homestead Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
In Women of the Northern Plains, Barbara Handy-Marchello tells the stories of the unsung heroes of North Dakota's settlement era: the farm women. As the men struggled to raise and sell wheat, the women focused on barnyard labor—raising chickens and cows and selling eggs and butter—to feed and...
Joined at the Hip
A History of Jazz in the Twin Cities
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Jazz first floated into the Twin Cities on the Mississippi River excursion boats, which brought the likes of Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong to listeners on the levee—and it never left. When Paul Whiteman, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and other jazz greats toured the clubs and concert halls...
by Mai Neng Moua
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
When Mai Neng Moua decides to get married, her mother, a widow, wants the groom to follow Hmong custom and pay a bride price, which both honors the work the bride's family has done in raising a daughter and offers a promise of love and security from the groom's family. Mai Neng, who knows the pain...
Long Hard Road
American POWs During World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Between 1941 and 1945 more than 110,000 American marines, soldiers, airmen, and sailors were taken prisoner by German, Italian, and Japanese forces. Most who fought overseas during World War II weren't prepared for capture, or for the life-altering experiences of incarceration, torture, and camaraderie...