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Author: Larry Millett ,
Denes Saari ,
Maria Forrai Saari
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:
Width: 27.90cm
, Height: 5.10cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 1.860kg
ISBN: 9780816683291
ISBN 10: 0816683298
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 November 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
An entertaining and beautifully illustrated stroll through an era. --<i>Rochester Post-Bulletin</i></p> Millett has created the definitive book on the midcentury era in Minnesota, including residential, public and commercial designs. --<i>MinnPost</i></p> An engrossing account of our social and cultural past. And a wonderful tour of the enviable midcentury residences around us. --Chris Lee, <i>Midwest Home</i></p> Comprehensive and meticulously researched. --<i>Minnesota History</i></p>
An entertaining and beautifully illustrated stroll through an era. --Rochester Post-Bulletin It is possible that an old house or building still stands in your neighborhood because Larry Millett influenced someone to save it. The architectural historian's work catalogs the many architectural treasures Minnesota has lost to the wrecking ball and inspires a preservation movement determined to hang on to the ones we have left. --MinnPost Millett has created the definitive book on the midcentury era in Minnesota, including residential, public and commercial designs. --MinnPost I found Larry Millett's new book Minnesota Modern. . . an engrossing account of our social and cultural past. And a wonderful tour of the enviable midcentury residences around us. --Chris Lee, Midwest Home Comprehensive and meticulously researched. --Minnesota History Millett's book is a combination architectural guidebook and coffee table tome. --Middle West Review
An entertaining and beautifully illustrated stroll through an era. --Rochester Post-Bulletin Millett has created the definitive book on the midcentury era in Minnesota, including residential, public and commercial designs. --MinnPost An engrossing account of our social and cultural past. And a wonderful tour of the enviable midcentury residences around us. --Chris Lee, Midwest Home Comprehensive and meticulously researched. --Minnesota History
Author Information
Larry Millett, a Minneapolis native, spent much of his career as a writer, reporter, and editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.In 1985 he became the newspaper's first architecture critic, a post he held until his retirement in 2002. His many books include Minnesota's Own: Preserving Our Grand Homes and Once There Were Castles: Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities (Minnesota, 2011).
