{"product_id":"bring-warm-clothes-letters-and-photos-from-minnesotas-past-9781681342740","title":"Bring Warm Clothes: Letters and Photos from Minnesota's Past","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic book of photos, memories, and writings from centuries of Minnesota life--updated and in a new format.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe earliest European visitors to Minnesota marvel at the area's flora and fauna. A soldier at Fort Snelling contemplates deserting. Swedish settler Andrew Peterson makes a daily record of his haying schedule, dropping in, without comment, a note of his marriage. Sarah Christie pleads with her father in the 1880s for a chance to go to college. Turn-of-the-century accountant Walter T. Post keeps his family informed of his saving and spending habits. In the 1920s, the \u003ci\u003ePioneer Press\u003c\/i\u003e publishes recommendations for young ladies seeking a spouse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese stories and more emerge from select diary and journal entries, from published accounts and business records--the experiences of ordinary Minnesotans. Matched with drawings and photographs that capture a way of life at a particular moment, these impressions offer a telling history of the state in the words of its people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Historical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681342740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Peg Meier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43166136533173,"sku":"9781681342740","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3d0c3e5e-9c66-4784-9bed-010336291f2a.jpg?v=1696921017","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bring-warm-clothes-letters-and-photos-from-minnesotas-past-9781681342740","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}