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  • DON'T THINK TWICE. by Johnson, Wayne,
    Johnson, Wayne,
    DON'T THINK TWICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harmony, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second in this highly praised series featuring Native American Indian Paul Two Persons and set on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota where the author grew up. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-609604600.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 64758
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  • SIX CROOKED HIGHWAYS. by Johnson, Wayne,
    Johnson, Wayne,
    SIX CROOKED HIGHWAYS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harmony, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third in this highly praised series featuring Native American Indian Paul Two Persons and set on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota where the author grew up. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-609604597.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 54504
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  • THE SNAKE GAME. by Johnson, Wayne.
    Johnson, Wayne.
    THE SNAKE GAME.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the Big Pines area of the Canada / Minnesota borderlands. Publisher's Weekly called this "A provocative, potent debut" and went on to say that "Johnson evokes a community of disenfranchised Indians, the Ojibway and Chippewa, as its members slowly leave their cultural enclave over 30 years from the Ô50s to the Ô80s. . . . Each chapter is in fact like a powerful short story that could stand on its own. 258 pp. Jacket design and art by Archie Ferguson & Carol Devine Carson. ISBN: 0-394-583353.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 46893
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  • THE CURRENT. by Johnston, Tim.
    Johnston, Tim.
    THE CURRENT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2019. SIGNED first edition - The second suspense novel by this award winning writer. Two college roommates drivel to Minnesota to be with the father of one, the former sheriff, who is now dying from cancer. When they are almost there, a chance stop at a gas station leads to violence and to the car being pushed into the river. The sheriff's daughter survives - but the death of the other girl brings up a still unsolved murder from 10 years earlier. SIGNED on the title page. 406 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81141
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  • THE CURRENT. by Johnston, Tim.
    Johnston, Tim.
    THE CURRENT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2019. SIGNED first edition - The second suspense novel by this award winning writer. Two college roommates drivel to Minnesota to be with the father of one, the former sheriff, who is now dying from cancer. When they are almost there, a chance stop at a gas station leads to violence and to the car being pushed into the river. The sheriff's daughter survives - but the death of the other girl brings up a still unsolved murder from 10 years earlier. SIGNED on the title page and dated 10-5-18 - that is, before publication. 406 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81128
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  • WLT: A Radio Romance. by Keillor, Garrison.
    Keillor, Garrison.
    WLT: A Radio Romance.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Humorous novel by the creator of NPR's Prairie Home Companion: In 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and start station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) as a gambit to rescue their failing restaurant and become the Sandwich Kings of South Minneapolis. INSCRIBED by Keillor on the half title page "To - - A cheesy novel for your winter nights" and dated 12.17.91. 401 pp. ISBN: 0-670-818577.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 46889
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  • LIBERTY: A Lake Wobegon Novel. by Keillor, Garrison.
    Keillor, Garrison.
    LIBERTY: A Lake Wobegon Novel.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Humorous novel by the creator of NPR's Prairie Home Companion. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-670-019915.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 46891
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  • Keillor, Garrison.
    WLT: A Radio Romance.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1991.). Humorous novel by the creator of NPR's Prairie Home Companion: In 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and start station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) as a gambit to rescue their failing restaurant and become the Sandwich Kings of South Minneapolis. 401 pp.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 47106
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  • THIS TENDER LAND. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    THIS TENDER LAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2019). Hardcover first edition - A stand alone novel set during the Great Depression by this award-winning writer. "1932, Minnesota - the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie OBanion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendents wrath. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, their best friend Mose, and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own." Author's note. 450 pp. ISBN: 978-1476749297.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82780
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  • HEAVEN'S KEEP. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    HEAVEN'S KEEP.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The ninth novel in the award-winning series featuring private investigator Cork O'Connor. When a charter plane carrying Cork's wife, Jo, goes down over the Wyoming Rockies, he leaves Minnesota to search for the truth behind the crash. SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 978-1416556763.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (price-clipped).

    Book ID: 74989
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  • NORTHWEST ANGLE. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    NORTHWEST ANGLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel in the award-winning series featuring private investigator Cork O'Connor, set in the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness area on the border of Canada and Minnesota, where a deadly windstorm - a derecho - leaves Cork and his daughter Jenny struggling for survival. SIGNED on the title page. 357 pp. ISBN: 978-1439153956.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62027
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  • IRON LAKE. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    IRON LAKE.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2009). SIGNED - First novel in the series featuring private investigator Cork O'Connor, set in northern Minnesota's lake country. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Anthony and Barry Awards for best first novel, and of the Minnesota Book Award. 330 pp. plus a brief preview of "Vermillion Drift.". ISBN: 978-1439157282.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 74987
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  • VERMILION DRIFT. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    VERMILION DRIFT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel in the award-winning series featuring private investigator Cork O'Connor, set in Minnesota. Deep in an underground iron mine, Cork stumbles across the remains of six murder victims - five are half a century old, but one is recent. 305 pp. ISBN: 978-1439153840.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 87384
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  • HEAVEN'S KEEP. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    HEAVEN'S KEEP.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The ninth novel in the award-winning series featuring private investigator Cork O'Connor. When a charter plane carrying Cork's wife, Jo, goes down over the Wyoming Rockies, he leaves Minnesota to search for the truth behind the crash. SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 978-1416556763.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72247
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  • MERCY FALLS. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    MERCY FALLS.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2009). SIGNED - A novel in the award-winning series featuring private investigator Cork O'Connor, set in Minnesota. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. plus an excerpt from 'Heaven's Keep.'. ISBN: 978-1439157800.

    Condition: Very good (reading crease on spine)

    Book ID: 65977
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  • TAMARACK COUNTY. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    TAMARACK COUNTY.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2014). SIGNED - A novel in the award-winning series featuring private investigator Cork O'Connor, set in Minnesota. SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp. ISBN: 978-1451645774.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 65978
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  • RED KNIFE. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    RED KNIFE.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2009). SIGNED - A novel in the award-winning series featuring private investigator Cork O'Connor, set in Minnesota. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. plus an excerpt from 'Heaven's Keep.'. ISBN: 9781416556756.

    Condition: Good condition overall - ink marks on first page of reviews-

    Book ID: 65987
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  • TAMARACK COUNTY. by Krueger, William Kent.
    Krueger, William Kent.
    TAMARACK COUNTY.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A novel in the award-winning series featuring private investigator Cork O'Connor, set in Minnesota. SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp. ISBN: 978-1451645774.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 65994
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  • THREE NIGHTS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH. by Laidlaw, Brett.
    Laidlaw, Brett.
    THREE NIGHTS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, set during three days of a recordbreaking Minnesota cold spell culminating in a ferocious blizzard, this tells of the disintegration of a family. The father, Ulysses Turner Fraser or U.T., is disillusioned professor of English who has failed to win fame as a poet, and also feels he has failed as a teacher and father and he "fatalistically finds himself drawn to the high bridge over the Mississippi, where he ends his life. Ironically, he will never know how much he was loved, appreciated and admired; how influential his life has been. Laidlaw's prose grows in power as he delineates the nuances of…

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    New York: Norton, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, set during three days of a recordbreaking Minnesota cold spell culminating in a ferocious blizzard, this tells of the disintegration of a family. The father, Ulysses Turner Fraser or U.T., is disillusioned professor of English who has failed to win fame as a poet, and also feels he has failed as a teacher and father and he "fatalistically finds himself drawn to the high bridge over the Mississippi, where he ends his life. Ironically, he will never know how much he was loved, appreciated and admired; how influential his life has been. Laidlaw's prose grows in power as he delineates the nuances of human relationships revealed in the mundane details of family life. Readers may find themselves surprised by the emotional impact this cerebral novel delivers." (Publishers Weekly) Dust jacket praise from Annie Dillard (who called it "extraordinary. . sometimes the prose takes a turn so fast it raises the hair on the back of your neck"), Paul Horgan, Stephen Becker and more. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-393025101.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84513
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  • THE TALL PINE POLKA. by Landvik, Lorna.
    Landvik, Lorna.
    THE TALL PINE POLKA.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ballantine, (1999). First edition - The author's third book, a "lyrical, funny and idiosyncratic tale" set in a small northwoods town in Minnesota. 440 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new)

    Book ID: 70739
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  • ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON-BONS. by Landvik, Lorna.
    Landvik, Lorna.
    ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON-BONS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in a small town in Minnesota, where a book group nicknamed AHEB becomes a lifeline for five women who belong to it. SIGNED on the title page. 404 pp. ISBN: 0-345438825.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62298
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  • AND THERE HE KEPT HER. by Moehling, Joshua.
    Moehling, Joshua.
    AND THERE HE KEPT HER.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Naperville, IL: Poisoned Pen Press, (2023). SIGNED - The author's first thriller, introducing Ben Packard, former Minneapolis police officer, now a detective and acting sheriff in the small Minnesota town of Sandy Lake. "When two teenagers break into a house on a remote lake in search of prescription drugs, what starts as a simple burglary turns into a nightmare for all involved. Emmett Burr has secrets he's been keeping in his basement for more than two decades, and he'll do anything to keep his past from being revealed. As he gets the upper hand on his tormentors, the lines blur between victim, abuser, and protector." INSCRIBED and dated on the title page. Includes an excerpt from the next book…

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    Naperville, IL: Poisoned Pen Press, (2023). SIGNED - The author's first thriller, introducing Ben Packard, former Minneapolis police officer, now a detective and acting sheriff in the small Minnesota town of Sandy Lake. "When two teenagers break into a house on a remote lake in search of prescription drugs, what starts as a simple burglary turns into a nightmare for all involved. Emmett Burr has secrets he's been keeping in his basement for more than two decades, and he'll do anything to keep his past from being revealed. As he gets the upper hand on his tormentors, the lines blur between victim, abuser, and protector." INSCRIBED and dated on the title page. Includes an excerpt from the next book in the series, a group reading guide and an interview with the author. 331 pp. ISBN: 978-1728275772.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88012
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  • AND THERE HE KEPT HER. by Moehling, Joshua.
    Moehling, Joshua.
    AND THERE HE KEPT HER.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Naperville, IL: Poisoned Pen Press, (2023). SIGNED - The author's first thriller, introducing Ben Packard, former Minneapolis police officer, now a detective and acting sheriff in the small Minnesota town of Sandy Lake. "When two teenagers break into a house on a remote lake in search of prescription drugs, what starts as a simple burglary turns into a nightmare for all involved. Emmett Burr has secrets he's been keeping in his basement for more than two decades, and he'll do anything to keep his past from being revealed. As he gets the upper hand on his tormentors, the lines blur between victim, abuser, and protector." SIGNED on the title page. Includes an excerpt from the next book in the…

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    Naperville, IL: Poisoned Pen Press, (2023). SIGNED - The author's first thriller, introducing Ben Packard, former Minneapolis police officer, now a detective and acting sheriff in the small Minnesota town of Sandy Lake. "When two teenagers break into a house on a remote lake in search of prescription drugs, what starts as a simple burglary turns into a nightmare for all involved. Emmett Burr has secrets he's been keeping in his basement for more than two decades, and he'll do anything to keep his past from being revealed. As he gets the upper hand on his tormentors, the lines blur between victim, abuser, and protector." SIGNED on the title page. Includes an excerpt from the next book in the series, a group reading guide and an interview with the author. 331 pp. ISBN: 978-1728275772.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88011
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  • THE LAKE OF THE WOODS. by O'Brien, Tim.
    O'Brien, Tim.
    THE LAKE OF THE WOODS.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1994.) dj. Hardcover - A powerful novel and suspenseful novel - a wife has disappeared in the deep north woods of Minnesota, and the husband is forced to confront the deceit on which his marriage and life was based. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-395-488893.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 47078
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  • THE LAKE OF THE WOODS. by O'Brien, Tim.
    O'Brien, Tim.
    THE LAKE OF THE WOODS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A powerful novel and suspenseful novel - a wife has disappeared in the deep north woods of Minnesota, and the husband is forced to confront the deceit on which his marriage and life was based. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-395-488893.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 49262
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  • THE LAKE OF THE WOODS. by O'Brien, Tim.
    O'Brien, Tim.
    THE LAKE OF THE WOODS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - A powerful novel and suspenseful novel - a wife has disappeared in the deep north woods of Minnesota, and the husband is forced to confront the deceit on which his marriage and life was based. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-395-488893.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52928
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  • THINGS IN DITCHES. by Olsen, Jimmy
    Olsen, Jimmy
    THINGS IN DITCHES.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    St Cloud, MN: North Star Press, (2000.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, a humorous mystery, set in Minnesota in the winter, and featuring the 'gentlest killer you'd ever want to meet.' SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-87839-1584.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 50113
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  • THINGS IN DITCHES. by Olsen, Jimmy
    Olsen, Jimmy
    THINGS IN DITCHES.

    Edition: First printing.

    St Cloud, MN: North Star Press, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a humorous mystery, set in Minnesota in the winter, and featuring the 'gentlest killer you'd ever want to meet.' SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-87839-1584.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60673
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  • Ostenso, Martha (1900-1963)
    WILD GEESE.

    Edition: Reprint. Photoplay edition.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca. 1927.). Hardcover - First novel by this Norwegian-born Canadian author, set in a Minnesota farm community - she spent many years living in Minnesota and North Dakota. Winner of the Dodd, Mead and Company Best Novel of the Year Award. This edition is illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 glossy plates of stills from the film version.

    Condition: Good in gray cloth with a dark blue and orange illustration on the front cover, smaller illustration on spine (some spine slant, missing front endpaper.)

    Book ID: 29422
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  • SUDDEN PREY. by Sandford, John (pseudonym for John Camp.)
    Sandford, John (pseudonym for John Camp.)
    SUDDEN PREY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The eighth "Prey" novel featuring Lucas Davenport. SIGNED on the title page. 360 pp. ISBN: 0-399-14651-2.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60572
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