| Too Hot, Went to Lake: Seasonal Photos from Minnesota's Past Contributor(s): Meier, Peg (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873516389 ISBN-13: 9780873516389 Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: Boys with a sprinkler, nuns at a ball game, proud hunters with their quarry--this collection of more than three hundred pictures dating from the earliest cameras to the mid-twentieth century offers a trip back in time. Peg Meier, award-winning former reporter for the "Star Tribune," also shares excerpts collected from diaries and letters that allow Minnesotans of ages past to comment on pine tree vistas, harvest bounty, and the weather, always the weather. First published in 1993, the beloved "Too Hot, Went To Lake "promises a history of the state and its people that's easy to enjoy. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 977.604 |
| LCCN: 2008024957 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 8.9" W x 10.9" (1.80 lbs) 324 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota |
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| Publisher Description: Boys with a sprinkler, nuns at a ball game, proud hunters with their quarry--this collection of more than three hundred pictures dating from the earliest cameras to the mid-twentieth century offers a trip back in time. Peg Meier, award-winning former reporter for the Star Tribune, also shares excerpts collected from diaries and letters that allow Minnesotans of ages past to comment on pine tree vistas, harvest bounty, and the weather, always the weather. First published in 1993, the beloved Too Hot, Went to Lake promises a history of the state and its people that's easy to enjoy. |