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Minnesota Moxie: True Tales of Courage, Muscle & Grit in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes
Minnesota Moxie: True Tales of Courage, Muscle & Grit in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes
Minnesota Moxie: True Tales of Courage, Muscle & Grit in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes
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Minnesotans are a tough lot, capable of pulling a house six miles by muscle alone or giving birth to a sixteen-pound boy. In 1921, young Phoebe Fairgrave set a parachute world record, stepping off the wing of a biplane 15,200 feet above the Twin Cities. In 1962, the last powerhouse Gophers football team brought home the Rose Bowl trophy. A year later, thirteen-year-old Jean Webb of Minneapolis risked arrest and refused to leave a segregated restaurant. In 1979, Gerry Spiess crossed the Atlantic alone in a 10-foot sailboat he built in his White Bear Lake garage. These inspiring stories and dozens more, culled from the Star Tribune newspaper archives, are presented in their original form by author Ben Welter, along with in-depth background, fresh interviews and more than seventy-five historic photos.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 18, 2016
ISBN9781439656853
Minnesota Moxie: True Tales of Courage, Muscle & Grit in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes
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Ben Welter

Ben Welter is a Minneapolis native and former news copy chief at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He has posted more than six hundred interesting stories and photos dating back to 1867 on his blog, "Yesterday's News." He published Minnesota Mayhem and Minnesota Mysteries with The History Press.

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