{"product_id":"the-opposite-of-cold-9780816656820","title":"The Opposite of Cold","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA full-color history and celebration of Finnish sauna in the western Great Lakes region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Finnish sauna is often a modest structure, made of wood and stone. Over time the wood rots, the stones crack, and finally all that is left are memories. But what memories! I can’t think of any human activity except eating that brings people together with such wholeness. Mind, body, and spirit are fused by the heat and steam, and we are collectively reminded of all the things that make us uniquely human. Author Michael Nordskog and photographer Aaron W. Hautala have created a fitting tribute to the great sauna tradition of northern Minnesota. \u003ci\u003eThe Opposite of Cold\u003c\/i\u003e makes permanent the fleeting memories of the early Finnish immigrants and the generations that followed. This is an important work and it honors everything it touches.\" —Mikkel Aaland, author of \u003ci\u003eSweat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This beautifully illustrated guide to the saunas of not only Minnesota but also Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario and Finland celebrates a very old tradition while revealing its importance to modern Midwestern culture. . . . It’s a lovely tribute to North America’s ‘sauna belt.’\" —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This lovely, intelligent book examines sauna tradition in the United States (primarily in the regions around Lake Superior) as well as in Finland. Beautifully illustrated with every possible sauna photo you can imagine—interiors, exteriors, saunas on farms, along lakeshores, in cities, saunas in high summer, saunas in the snow.\" —\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Foreword David Salmela\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Sign of the Finn Arnold R. Alanen\u003cbr\u003e Sauna in the New World\u003cbr\u003e Immigrant Saunas in the Lake Superior Region\u003cbr\u003e Finland's Sauna Culture\u003cbr\u003e The North American Lakeside Tradition\u003cbr\u003e The Value of Heat\u003cbr\u003e Keeping the Wood-Fired Sauna Tradition Alive\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737456849239,"sku":"9780816656820","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816656820.jpg?v=1723811216","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-opposite-of-cold-9780816656820","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}