Minnesota Moxie
True Tales of Courage, Muscle & Grit in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes
Ben Welter
- Minnesotans
- are
- a
- tough
- lot,
- capable
- of
- pulling
- a
- house
- six
- miles
- by
- muscle
- alone
- or
- giving
- birth
- to
- a
- sixteen-pound
- boy.
- In
- 1921,
- young
- Phoebe
- Fairgrave
- set
- a
- parachute
- world
- record,
- stepping
- off
- the
- wing
- of
- a
- biplane
- 15,200
- feet
- above
- the
- Twin
- Cities.
- In
- 1962,
- the
- last
- powerhouse
- Gophers
- football
- team
- brought
- home
- the
- Rose
- Bowl
- trophy.
- A
- year
- later,
- thirteen-year-old
- Jean
- Webb
- of
- Minneapolis
- risked
- arrest
- and
- refused
- to
- leave
- a
- segregated
- restaurant.
- In
- 1979,
- Gerry
- Spiess
- crossed
- the
- Atlantic
- alone
- in
- a
- 10-foot
- sailboat
- he
- built
- in
- his
- White
- Bear
- Lake
- garage.
- These
- inspiring
- stories
- and
- dozens
- more,
- culled
- from
- the
- Star
- Tribune
- newspaper
- archives,
- are
- presented
- in
- their
- original
- form
- by
- author
- Ben
- Welter,
- along
- with
- in-depth
- background,
- fresh
- interviews
- and
- more
- than
- seventy-five
- historic photos.
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