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(0)Michael W Fedo
Author
Publisher
University Of Minnesota Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
" Duluth may be the city of "untold delights" as lampooned in a Kentucky congressman's speech in 1871. Or it may be portrayed by a joke in Woody Allen's film Manhattan. Or then again, it may be the "Zenith City of the unsalted seas" celebrated by Dr. Thomas Preston Foster, founder of the city's first newspaper. But whatever else it may be, this city of granite hills, foghorns, and gritty history, the last stop on the shipping lanes of the Great Lakes,...
2) The pocket guide to Minnesota place names: the stories behind 1,200 places in the North Star State
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
186 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xviii, 129 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of vaudeville actor Henry Wood, and details his early life and experiences while performing in traveling medicine and tent shows in the early twentieth century. Includes black-and-white photographs.