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Book SynopsisFeaturing the work of a variety of writers, this collection of essays explores the relationship that exists between the people of northern Minnesota and the rugged landscape that surrounds them.
Table of ContentsNorth from Duluth - "Postcards from Duluth", Barton Sutter; "At the edge of town: Duluth, Minnesota", Carol Bly; "Breaking the ribbon", Roger K. Blakely; "The north shore", Sheila Packa; Our place in the woods - "Where I ought to be", Marlon Davidson; "From the Rio Grande to the rainy", Bobbie Greiner; open spaces (excerpt), Jim Dale Huot-Vickery; "Listening for the esker's song", Anne Marie Erickson; "The tourist", Pauline Brunette Danforth; "Burial", Kent Nerburn; the red earth "The red dirt ennobled their faces", Jim Klobuchar; "Dear folks", Matthew Miltich; "Next wilderness", Steven R. Downing; "What it means to be an American in Coleraine, Minnesota", Sharon Miltich; North country living - "Women in the wood smoke", Donna Salli; "Sugar bush", Anne M. Dunn; "The tree", Jeanne Grauman; "Marriage and daily life", Justine Kerfoot; "Finding symmetry in a rock pile", Robert Treuer; "Sugar camp", Susan Carol Hauser; "Everyone talks about it", Elnora Bixby; "Solid winter", Jana Studelska; the lives around us - "Chickadee Bob", Peter Leschak; "A parliament of owls", John Hendricksson; "Wild goose chase", Jane Whitledge; "In the company of wolves", Jim Brandenburg; in the elements - "Sand lake peatland, October", Laurie Allman; "The bog in summer", Vernal Bogren Swift; "If it rains, they will come", Rosalie Hunt Mellor; "Longing for little trout", Margaret A. Haapoja; "Northern passages", Sam Cook; "Traveling light", Susan Hawkinson; "By the Fire", Douglas Wood.
