Greater Minnesota: Exploring the Land of Sky-Blue Waters by Hicks, Patrick

Greater Minnesota: Exploring the Land of Sky-Blue Waters

A witty, wise, and affectionate journey to every corner of the North Star State. After years of...
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Greater Minnesota: Exploring the Land of Sky-Blue Waters by Hicks, Patrick

Greater Minnesota: Exploring the Land of Sky-Blue Waters

$38.43

Greater Minnesota: Exploring the Land of Sky-Blue Waters

$38.43
Author: Patrick Hicks
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A witty, wise, and affectionate journey to every corner of the North Star State. After years of living abroad, writer and poet Patrick Hicks returns to Minnesota only to find that his home state feels like a foreign country.

In the tradition of Bill Bryson and Paul Theroux, Greater Minnesota is an account of Hicks's discoveries. Half travelogue, half history, and fully delightful in its exploration of new places and people, this book follows Hicks as he ventures to the North Shore, the Iron Range, the Southwest, and even Up North in the dead of winter. As he travels the back roads of the state, he visits the Mayo Clinic, the SPAM Museum, ancient petroglyphs, the US Hockey Hall of Fame, the birthplace of Minnesota Public Radio, a world-class aviation museum hidden on the prairie, a lost forest, the humble start of the Mississippi River, and other stops along the way that are both surprising and intriguing.

Through conversations with people on his travels, Greater Minnesota brings the reader along as he searches for what it means to be a Minnesotan.



Author: Patrick Hicks
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 09/01/2025
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780253073792

About the Author

Patrick Hicks grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota, and is an Irish American novelist, poet, and essayist. After living in Europe for many years, he now lives in the Midwest where he is the Writer-in-Residence at Augustana University as well as a faculty member in the MFA program at the University of Nevada Reno at Lake Tahoe. He is the author of over ten books, including The Commandant of Lubizec and Across the Lake.


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