See also _WORLD_HISTORY_and_GEOGRAPHY_FOR_YOUNG_PEOPLE_ and books files.
Blegen, Theodore C. BUILDING MINNESOTA. D. C. Heath 1938. Hardcover. Junior-Senior High level. Photos, maps. Good, pencil drawing on front cover. $3.50.
Breining, Greg. MINNESOTA, Compass American Guides. Fodor’s Travel Publications 1997. Softcover. Profusely ill. with photos by Paul Chesley. 1878867482. Ex-lib. Good. $2.
Ford, Antoinette E. GOPHER TALES. Lyons & Carnahan 1946. Hardcover. Ill. Gertrude Spaller Kinder. For elementary grades, a wonderful collection of stories of Minnesota’s beginning. Interior sound and clean with no writing, no tears; cover quite worn. $5.
Gilbert, Jim. THROUGH MINNESOTA’S SEASONS WITH JIM GILBERT. Andersen Horticultural Library, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author. Book of observations on the changing seasons in Minnesota. Anyone who loves Minnesota’s various nature scenes will love this book. Color photos by the author; unique drawings by natural history artist, Laverne Dunsmore. 210 pp. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Very Good with small edge tears. $8.
Jaques, Francis Lee. THE GEESE FLY HIGH. University of Minnesota Press 1939, 1967. SOFTCOVER. Ill. by Francis Lee Jaques. Lively and detailed account of the Jaques’ trip down the Mississippi flyway. 0816637806. Near-Fine. $6.
Meier, Peg, collected by. BRING WARM CLOTHES, Letters and Photos From Minnesota’s Past. Mpls. Tribune 1981. Signed by the author. SOFTCOVER. VG+. $5.
Meier, Peg. THE LAST OF THE TEAROOM LADIES AND OTHER MINNESOTA TALES. Neighbors Publishing 1985, 1990. SOFTCOVER. 0933387024. Near-Fine. $3.
Meier, Peg and Wood, Dave. THE PIE LADY OF WINTHROP AND OTHER MINNESOTA TALES. Neighbors Publishing 1981, 1985. SOFTCOVER. 0933387008. Very Good, one corner of cover creased. $4.
Nute, Grace Lee. THE VOYAGEUR’S HIGHWAY, Minnesota’s Border Lake Land. Minnesota Historical Society SOFTCOVER 1941, 1969. A dependable source of historical information on the fur trade era, the opening of the iron ranges, and the loggers’ way of life. Many photos. 0873510062. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.
O’Farrell, Margaret. NORTH ON THE GREAT RIVER. Lyons & Carnahan 1945. Illustrated history of the Upper Mississippi for elementary grades. 341 pp. and index. Good. $3.