Wadena County Historical Society

06/29/2020

Join in a Zoom author event with Alex Messenger on Saturday July 11 at 11:30 AM. Email us for details.

Duluth author Alex Messenger's new book recounts how his encounter with a grizzly bear during a 600-mile canoe trip changed his life.

04/10/2020

The Wadena County Museum and Bookstore may be temporarily closed but these artists and writers, scheduled for the 2020 season, want to share their stories with you. Enjoy this ongoing series of small presentations created especially for Wadena County History Online. Visit our new YouTube channel and click the Subscribe button to be notified of new videos.

Wadena County History Online The Wadena County Museum and Bookstore may be temporarily closed, but people are still reading, writing and talking about it. Th...

12/17/2019

Outdoor adventure enthusiasts and non-fiction/biography/memoir fans will enjoy The Twenty-Ninth Day, the true-life wilderness survival epic of Duluth native Alex Messenger's near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra. Blackstone Publishing

Explore your Midwest Connections. Over 150 titles of local and regional interest at our Museum Gift Shop, open Tuesday through Saturday 10--4

12/16/2019

Fans of dystopian, apocalyptic fiction and strong female characters in their novels are sure to enjoy After The Flood by Kassandra Montag -- which follows Myra and her daughter Pearl as they search across a flooded world for Myra's kidnapped daughter, Row. William Morrow

Explore your Midwest Connections. Over 150 titles of local and regional interest at our Museum Gift Shop, open Tuesday through Saturday 10--4

12/08/2019

FYI, everybody, there is no Book Ends author event in December 2019.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

See everyone in 2020...

11/06/2019

Ben Lerner's novel The Topeka School is filled to the brim with complicated yet interconnected topics that are prevalent in the current zeitgeist; toxic masculinity, infidelity, and relationships. Farrar Straus & Giroux Midwest Booksellers Association

10/26/2019

In We Speak In Storms Natalie Lund weaves together a story that explores friendship, acceptance, and learning to let go; weaving a story of legacy through the past to the present -- because no one ever truly knows what will happen when we are gone. A truly haunting and beautiful read for October afternoons. Penguin Group (USA) Midwest Booksellers Association

Explore your Midwest Connections. Over 150 titles of local and regional interest at our Museum Gift Shop, open Tuesday through Saturday 10--4

10/25/2019

Everywhere you look there are tales of the strange and mysterious. Midwestern Strange: Hunting Monsters, Martians, and the Weird in Flyover Country by B.J. Hollars is another addition to the list of stories. From the supernatural to the extraterrestrial there is a story or case file in this book which includes searches for Monsters, Martians and the Weird. University of Nebraska Press Midwest Booksellers Association BJ Hollars

Explore all your Strange Midwest Connections. Over 150 titles of local and regional interest at our Museum Gift Shop, open Tuesday through Saturday 10--4

10/14/2019

If you think every monster story has already been written -- think again. The WerePenguins are plotting to rule the world. Snarky and sly, full of punny humor, with an unlikely her and heroine, fans of Lemony Snicket will giggle their way through Allan Woodrow's Curse of the WerePenguin. @

10/01/2019

You are invited to giggle, chuckle, and even snicker through Allan Woodrow's The Curse of the Werepenguin; a quirky punny read with sly dark humor. Penguin Random House Midwest Booksellers Association

Explore your Midwest Connections. Over 150 titles of local and regional interest at our Museum Gift Shop, open Tuesday through Saturday 10--4

09/30/2019

Indie bookstore fans will enjoy all the cheeky call backs to bookstores and booksellers that they (and J Ryan Stradal) adore. A recommended read for fans of Stradal's first novel, astute readers will doubly enjoy The Lager Queen of Minnesota where Stradal enfolds us in the quirky comfort of life in the Midwest -- Minnesota specifically. Stradal draws us in with warmth, humor, and compassion.. Penguin Random House Midwest Booksellers Association Pamela G Dorman

Explore your Midwest Connections. Over 150 titles of local and regional interest at our Museum Gift Shop, open Tuesday through Saturday 10--4

09/24/2019

J Ryan Stradal, in The Lager Queen of Minnesota, enfolds us in the quirky comfort of life in the Midwest -- Minnesota specifically. From an in-depth conversation on rhubarb varieties to debates on brewing methodologies; family loyalties to corporate culture; staying on the farm to going to college; Stradal draws us in with warmth, humor, and compassion.

Explore your Midwest Connections. Over 150 titles of local and regional interest at our Museum Gift Shop, open Tuesday through Saturday 10--4 Midwest Booksellers Association Penguin Random House Pamela G Dorman