Wishing for a Snow Day: Growing Up in Minnesota

by Peg Meier

Book Overview

Beloved pets. Holiday rituals. Schoolyard antics. Teenage perspectives on a world at war. Childhood is a mixed bag of challenges and joys wherever one grows up. In Minnesota, youthful memories may be arranged seasonally: making snow angels in January, swatting mosquitoes in July. They may be tinged with a nostalgic glow or imprinted by lessons hard won.

In this new collection, Peg Meier explores the themes of childhood--the bitter and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873516400
• ISBN13: 9780873516402
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.9" x 9.8"