| Courthouses of Minnesota Contributor(s): Ohman, Doug (Photographer), Logue, Mary (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 0873515501 ISBN-13: 9780873515504 Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2006 Annotation: This showcase of Minnesota's county courthouses spotlights the superb photography by Doug Ohman and imaginative prose by mystery writer Mary Logue. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Architectural & Industrial - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Photography | Individual Photographers - General |
| Dewey: 725.150 |
| LCCN: 2005030238 |
| Series: Minnesota Byways |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 8.74" W x 9.2" (1.39 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: They stand at once as silent reminders of time past as well as the hub of our daily lives. They are the focus of activity in every county--the site of political speeches, holiday parades, and community picnics. They are the courthouses of Minnesota's eighty-seven counties. Writes author Mary Logue, "With a clock tower, the courthouse becomes metaphor, literally the ticking heart at the center of a county." In this beautiful book are photographs celebrating the variety of Minnesota's county courthouses. From the classic Beaux Arts dome atop the Stearns County Courthouse to the unadorned simplicity of the Sibley County Courthouse, this book offers a parade of some of the finest public buildings in the North Star State. Paired with Doug Ohman's photos is an essay by poet and mystery writer Mary Logue that reveals the secrets of these buildings we thought we knew. Together they tell the story of these distinctly American structures, symbols of the ways Minnesotans live under the law--with justice, equality, and fairness. As the inscription above the Wilkin County Courthouse declares: To none will we delay, To none will we deny, right or justice. |