Minnesota State Fair: An Illustrated History
REVIEWS

Bemidji Pioneer:
“Full of wonderful fair trivia.”

Minnesota Good Age:
“Leaves you feeling almost like you have spent a day at the fair itself: overwhelmed but deeply satisfied.”

Minnesota Literature:
“To open this book is to open a magnificent scrap book of our heritage.”

TC Daily Planet:
“This book captures the very essence of all the best of the Minnesota State Fair. It would make a great holiday (or anytime) gift for a special person in your life.”

Teri Knight, WLTE-FM Radio:
“Truly a great gift for everyone in Minnesotah!”

Worthington Daily Globe:
“There’s a plethora of information here, but it’s the photos and graphics that will keep you paging through this book.”

Garrison Keillor, host of public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion:
“This is a joyful book for us fair lovers—it brings to mind the joys of the fair itself and those Twelve Thrilling Days and Fun-Filled Nights in late August up to Labor Day.”

Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of public radio’s The Splendid Table:
“Anyone who has ever set foot inside the Great Minnesota Get-Together has to have this book. It is a pure celebration of Minnesota. Everything is here; from the Fair’s origins, and all the stories of the people, the agriculture, the eras, the recipes, and the traditions that have kept this gathering thriving for over a century. You won’t be able to stop turning the pages.”

Jason Davis, host and executive producer of KSTP-TV’s On the Road:
“You can probably smell and hear it now, it’s coming right off these pages. This unique book is steeped in the sights, sounds and aromas of more than 150 years of the Minnesota State Fair. You’ll be amazed to learn how similar the experience is for today’s fairgoers and those of years gone by, and how closely the story of the Fair parallels the history of the State. Read this book and I promise you’ll get a whole lot more enjoyment out of your next visit to the Minnesota State Fair.”

Karal Ann Marling, author of Blue Ribbon: A Social and Pictorial History of the Minnesota State Fair:
“Every summer, Minnesota fairgoers eat wonderful things on sticks—pork chops, deep-fried candy bars, Pronto Pups—and then stagger home, redolent of chocolate syrup and sawdust. Well now, we can take away all the sights and symbols of the Minnesota State Fair. Even if we didn’t win a giant teddy bear on the Midway, we can still look at one in full color on bleak winter days, too, in this wonderful book. And best of all, Kathryn and Linda Koutsky provide Blue Ribbon recipes so we can taste Minnesota all year ‘round. Mmm, mmm, good!!!”