Minnesota...a beautifully forested land jeweled with 11,823 sparkling lakes. The land of a magnificent Native American civilization which was taken forcibly by invading waves of white settlers, but not before the Natives fought valiantly to the death. The land of succeeding generations of Scots, Swedes, Norwegians, Fins, and Germans, all seeking land and a new future for their generations to come. The land of James J. Hill, who built a railroad empire that connected the growing nation. The land of St. Paul, vacation home for gangsters like John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson as well as the launching point for the author F. Scott Fitzgerald and the aviator Charles Lindbergh. Minnesota, home to governors, mayors, farmers, new immigrants from strange lands, and hardworking pioneers who have made of this wonderful land a great state. Meet them all in this exciting, moving, page-turning work of rich historical fiction.