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By the Waters of Minnetonka by Dregni, Eric, hardcover, Used - Very Good
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780816683154
- Book Title
- By the Waters of Minnetonka
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Literary Collections, History
- Topic
- General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 8 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
0816683158
ISBN-13
9780816683154
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201588577
Product Key Features
Book Title
By the Waters of Minnetonka
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Collections, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-023203
Reviews
"There's a whole new way of appreciating Lake Minnetonka as a rich, storied, all-too-human place... At last someone wrote it down." -- Mpls. St. Paul Magazine
Table Of Content
Contents Preface 1. "Big Water" 2. The Settlers Settle 3. Harvesting the Lake 4. Hotels and High Rollers 5. Enter the Trolleys 6. Hitting the Water 7. Work Hard, Play Harder Afterword For Further Reading
Synopsis
Lake Minnetonka is renowned for its natural beauty as well as the prominent people it has attracted to its shores as a historic site of grand hotels, steamboats, and wealthy visitors from around the world, and as the home of the legendary Excelsior Amusement Park. But did you know that early European settlers to the region faced conditions so dire that they named an outlet of the lake "Purgatory Creek"? Or that a ginseng boom brought slaves to Wayzata to harvest the plant's roots? Many know that Frank Lloyd Wright designed famous homes around the lake, but few are aware he was also arrested there for living with his mistress and sent to the Hennepin County jail for "white slavery." By the Waters of Minnetonka uncovers remarkable and hidden facts about the lake and those who have lived on its shores, from the region's original Dakota inhabitants to the present. Nineteenth-century plantation owners made Minnetonka into a summer vacation playground for the wealthy, and Prohibition-era battles led teetotalers to hoax Minneapolis newspapers about bloody clashes between preachers and saloon owners. Eric Dregni, who grew up in Minnetonka, sheds light on intriguing, if at times unsettling, aspects of the lake's history, challenging myths and revisiting elements of the past that have been forgotten or glossed over. He also relates--and sometimes pokes fun at--the opulent, glamorous, and sometimes raucous moments that have made Lake Minnetonka an icon of splendid resort living in Minnesota., Lake Minnetonka is renowned for its natural beauty as well as the prominent people it has attracted to its shores as a historic site of grand hotels, steamboats, and wealthy visitors from around the world, and as the home of the legendary Excelsior Amusement Park. But did you know that early European settlers to the region faced conditions so dire that they named an outlet of the lake "Purgatory Creek"? Or that a ginseng boom brought slaves to Wayzata to harvest the plant's roots? Many know that Frank Lloyd Wright designed famous homes around the lake, but few are aware he was also arrested there for living with his mistress and sent to the Hennepin County jail for "white slavery.""By the Waters of Minnetonka" uncovers remarkable and hidden facts about the lake and those who have lived on its shores, from the region's original Dakota inhabitants to the present. Nineteenth-century plantation owners made Minnetonka into a summer vacation playground for the wealthy, and Prohibition-era battles led teetotalers to hoax Minneapolis newspapers about bloody clashes between preachers and saloon owners.Eric Dregni, who grew up in Minnetonka, sheds light on intriguing, if at times unsettling, aspects of the lake's history, challenging myths and revisiting elements of the past that have been forgotten or glossed over. He also relates--and sometimes pokes fun at--the opulent, glamorous, and sometimes raucous moments that have made Lake Minnetonka an icon of splendid resort living in Minnesota.
LC Classification Number
F612.H5D74 2014
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