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A Treasury of Minnesota Tales: Unusual, Interesting, and Little-Known Stories of Minnesota
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Unusual, interesting and little known stories of the state of Minnesota. Minnesota Tales is aimed at the target of familiarity-plus-novelty. These suspense-packed stories constitute "history for the ordinary person," and a few include really great traditions passed orally from generation to generation.
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