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Former sheriff Cork O'Connor reluctantly agrees to lead a search party to look for Shiloh, a country-western singer who has disappeared into the Quetico-Superior Wilderness on the Canadian/American border, not realizing the young woman is also being hunted by hired men who want her dead.

Virgil Flowers, a detective with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, is called to investigate when protests against the building of a superstore PyeMart in a Minnesota river town turn deadly, with bombs being placed in PyeMart headquarters, as well as at the building site.

After grasshoppers ruin the crops, eight-year-old Laura Ingalls and her family leave Plum Creek and move to Burr Oak, Iowa, where they experience life in a small town and help manage a hotel.

Several years ago, Rushmore McKenzie became an unexpected millionaire and set about doing not much of anything. Now, showing up at his doorstep is the insurance company that paid the settlement that made him rich?and they want a favor. Someone has stolen a very expensive gem from a local art museum and is willing to ransom it back. The only condition is that McKenzie has to be the go between.

Rutherford, Minnesota Chief of Detectives Jake Hines, trying to keep a handle on a rash of minor felonies by a gang of scam artists, suddenly finds himself with a murder investigation on his hands when the leader of the criminals is found beaten to death.

Presents historical information on Minnesota's wolf population and the efforts to manage it, accompanied by color photos.

After spending years in foster homes, Angel returns to her family in the northwoods, five generations of Native-American women.

Biography of Dakota Indian leader Little Crow, who became a tribal spokesman, politician, and war leader.

A biography of Jesse "The Body" Ventura, the professional wrestler, turned Hollywood action hero, turned radio talk show host, who recently became Governor of Minnesota.

Thirty-six teenage mothers from Minnesota's South Vista Education Center describe their experiences as teenage mothers and present messages for their children to read when they grow up.