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Minnesota history teems with more stories than its geography gushes with lakes. Pass the interminable winter with the unsolved mystery of the Kensington Runestone or the forgotten legacy of Long Prairie battlegrounds. Spend a short summer coasting through the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness and the Excelsior Amusement Park. From downtown Minneapolis to dockside Duluth, Minnesota’s history is an all-weather companion and our Minnesota history book catalogue is an all-purpose guide. [View all Minnesota books]
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Minnesota Hockey Greats
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$23.99
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Hidden History of Twin Cities Sports
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$23.99

Minnesota Hockey Greats

9781467150958

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A chronicle of Minnesota’s hockey excellence in the world’s top hockey league—the NHL

The years 1960 to 1982 were a watershed moment for Minnesota hockey, and the Land of 10,000 Lakes has enjoyed hockey success ever since. In that time, pioneering homegrown players like Bill Nyrop, Dave Langevin, Reed Larson, Mike Ramsey, Dave Christian, Neal Broten, Paul Holmgren, and Phil Housley established themselves as bona fide stars at the games’ highest and most competitive level. More recently, another remarkable group of native sons—including Zach Parise, Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglein, and T. J. Oshie—left their mark on the league.

Profiling more than seventy players and compiling Minnesota NHL records gathered nowhere else, Jeff Olson celebrates the brilliant achievements of Minnesotans in the National Hockey League.

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Hidden History of Twin Cities Sports

9781467153188

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Twin Cities sports fans are well-versed in disappointment, but the last 120 years of Minneapolis and St. Paul sports have also produced forgotten milestones.

Most know of the Vikings’ Super Bowl woes and the Twins’ record-setting postseason losing streak. Few know that the first full-time college basketball coach originated here and that a Babe Ruth home run record supplanted a local player’s achievement. Fewer still know about near misses like John Wooden almost becoming the University of Minnesota basketball coach in 1948 and Billie Jean King turning down an offer to join the Twin Cities’ World Team Tennis franchise.

  

Longtime Twin Cities journalist Joel Rippel documents these subjects and other forgotten or unheralded stories.

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