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Minnesota nonfiction

Books about the North Star state's history, people, literature and landscape. Selected by Chip G.

Hennepin County Library

25 items

  • The Essential Dear Dara

    Writings on Local Characters and Memorable Places

    Grumdahl, Dara Moskowitz
    BookSt. Paul, MN : Minnesora Historical Society Press, 2023. — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Latin Art in Minnesota

    Conversations and What's Next

    BookEdina, MN : Afton Press, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Too Much Sea for Their Decks

    Shipwrecks of Minnesota's North Shore and Isle Royale

    Schumacher, Michael, 1950-
    BookMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Oldest Twin Cities

    a Guide to Historic Treasures

    Severson, Julie Jo
    BookSt. Louis, MO : Reedy Press, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Murder at Minnesota Point

    Unraveling the Captivating Mystery of a Long-forgotten True Crime

    Sauve, Jeffrey M.
    BookMendota Heights, Minnesota : North Star Editions, 2022. — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • His Name Is George Floyd

    One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

    Samuels, Robert, 1984-
    Book[New York] : Viking, [2022] — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • A Good Time for the Truth

    Race in Minnesota

    BookSt. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2016] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • The Big Marsh

    the Story of a Lost Landscape

    Register, Cheri, 1945-
    BookSt. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2016. — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Got to Be Something Here

    the Rise of the Minneapolis Sound

    Swensson, Andrea
    BookMinneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2017] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • BookSt. Paul, Minnesota : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2022] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Closing Time

    Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities

    Lindeke, Bill
    BookSaint Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2019] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Miles Lord

    the Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America to Justice

    Walburn, Roberta, 1952-
    BookMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017] — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Walking the Old Road

    a People's History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe

    Drouillard, Staci Lola
    BookMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2019] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Slavery's Reach

    Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State

    Lehman, Christopher P.
    BookSaint Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2019] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Gunflint Burning

    Fire in the Boundary Waters

    Griffith, Cary J.
    BookMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • The Crusade for Forgotten Souls

    Reforming Minnesota's Mental Institutions, 1946-1954

    Foote, Susan Bartlett
    BookMinneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2018] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Dayton's

    a Twin Cities Institution

    Leebrick, Kristal, 1958-
    BookCharleston, SC : The History Press, 2013. — Adult Nonfiction Book