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While much attention has been devoted to connections in American families between husbands and wives and between parents and children, We Grew Up Together enters virtually uncharted territory by exploring the emotional relationships among siblings.Through the letters brothers and sisters wrote to each other over the course of nearly a century (1840-1920), Annette Atkins reveals the inner workings of ten nineteenth-century families, illuminatin...

Atkins eloquently portrays the extreme hardships of Minnesota farmers during the grasshopper plagues of the 1870s. She examines local, state, and national relief efforts, which she reviews in the context of 19th-century social welfare philosophy.

Minnesota historians present recent and groundbreaking work on a range of people and events that make up the state's history.

Presents a fresh understanding of how a complex and modern Minnesota came into being. This book helps to explain the Minnesota, where pan-fried walleye and walleye quesadillas coexist on the same north woods menu.

Includes chapters which focuses on a telling detail, a revealing incident, or a meaningful issue that illuminates a larger event, social trends, or politics during a period in Minnesota's history. This book presents a three-act play about Minnesota's statehood depicts the competing interests of Natives, traders, and politicians.