{"product_id":"the-north-star-state-a-minnesota-history-reader-paperback","title":"The North Star State: A Minnesota History Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne J. Aby\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul Gruchow\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging history of Minnesota, told in compelling essays by the state's finest historians and writers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo hundred years of Minnesota history spring to life in this lively and captivating collection of essays. \u003ci\u003eThe North Star State\u003c\/i\u003e encompasses the wide range of Minnesota's unique past--from the Civil War to the World Wars, from frontier life to the age of technological innovation, from Dakota and Ojibwe history to the story of St. Paul's black sleeping-car porters, from lumber workers and truckers' strikes to the women's suffrage movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to investigative articles by the state's top historians, editor Anne Aby has assembled captivating first-person accounts from key moments in Minnesota history, including George Nelson's reminiscences of his years in the early nineteenth-century fur trade; the diary of Emily Goodridge Grey, an early African American settler; and Jasper N. Searles's letters home from the Battle of First Bull Run.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 486\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.39 x 9.12 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693937037375,"sku":"9780873514446","price":41.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f83684d9981409215c5c3d37bb0dc132.webp?v=1765000457","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-north-star-state-a-minnesota-history-reader-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}