Products tagged with 'north dakota'

In Hunter’s Log: Volumes II & III, you’ll find Tim’s love for all the rites and tribulations of rising at O Dark Thirty, God O'clock to take his dogs out for training or hunting and for days that conclude with a pheasant gumbo steaming on the stove.

“Murphy is not just our best hunting poet . . . he is also our bard of all things North, with the blood of the Irish and Vikings in his veins. . . . No one can write better about the chill that always lurks in the northern breeze even on summer evenings, or the knowledge of mortality seasoned in the present even in the best of days. These volumes are full of the rueful mortal comedy of a man who has seen friends and dogs die and knows he is not immune.” Timothy Murphy’s “hunting, as it should, has given him the eye of a painter and a botanist’s knowledge welded seamlessly together by the ear of a poet.” —Stephen Bodio, book editor for
Gray’s Sporting Journal, author of eleven books, including A Rage for Falcons: An Alliance between Man and Bird

“Murphy, a poet, was perhaps the best known literary figure living in North Dakota.”
—Mike Jacobs, former editor and publisher of Grand Forks Herald

Only 17 women have been elected to statewide office in North Dakota in 125 years! Read their stories in this book. Laura Eisenhuth, elected Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1893 (and the first woman in the United States to be elected to statewide office); Agriculture Commissioner Sarah Vogel, first woman to serve on the powerful North Dakota Industrial Commission and who teamed up with Willie Nelson to provide help to farmers; Superintendent of Public Instruction Minnie Nielson who was not allowed into her office for a week after her inauguration; Senator Heidi Heitkamp, who raised her family while serving as tax commissioner and attorney general,all the time working on important issues for North Dakotans. Susan Wefald has pulled the stories of these fabulous women together into this one volume. IMPORTANT VOICES shares their triumphs and losses, their hopes and challenges. It shares what these North Dakota women have accomplished and the challenges still facing women who want to be elected to statewide office today. It is a "must read" for anyone who enjoys North Dakota history, real life politics, or learning how women for over one hundred years have served our state.

ISBN - 978-0-911042-79-5
Copyright 2014
358 pages
Softcover

In a rich yet often austere setting of the Great Plains, Bonnie Larson Staiger's second poetry collection--In Plains Sight--brings those realities into full view through the lens of the prairie ethos. In moments when the natural world confounds the objective and logical world, she brings us into an encounter with a coyote, a sub-zero walk after a blizzard, or a humorous swipe at a fast-food restaurant. Paperback with French flaps.

A story of pioneer optimism, abiding faith and people who longed for the kind of community they had left behind in Europe. At the turn of the century, Benedictine missionaries and homesteading immigrants still living in earthen dwellings collaborated to build awe-inspiring churches of stone and stained glass. Churches at Mandan, Devils Lake, Richardton, and Strasburg, ND and Hoven, SD are presented in detail. More than one hundred color photographs capture the magnificence of these five churches.

By: J. Coomber and Sheldon Green.

The Mammals of North Dakota, Second Edition, documents eighty-eight mammal species with full-color photos, text, and maps. Identification includes common, scientific, and known Native American names. This new edition of The Mammals of North Dakota features an increased number of recorded species since the First Edition, as well as significant shifts in distribution across the state—such as moves made by the opossum and the spotted skunk.

Chapters include information on species descriptions, habitat, ecology and behavior, reproduction, status, conservation, and taxonomic keys for species identification. Introductory chapters define the mammalian biogeography of the state, the mammalian paleofauna of North Dakota (by John Hoganson), and the principal habitats of North Dakota (by Bill Jensen).

Dr. Robert Groves combines thorough research with personal insights for an engaging record of the rise of music as a field of study at NDSU. From its beginnings with mid-1890s campus music clubs, to the formation in 1903 of an official Department of Music, up to the designation of the School of Music in 2012 and beyond, Groves brings the history of the Challey School of Music to life. Featuring more than 200 photos capturing the past century of student musicians and faculty, Music at NDSU is filled with historical high notes sure to resonate with readers. Paperback.

2018 Midwest Book Awards finalist for Arts/Photography/Coffee Table Books