A fifth-generation farm boy from Minnesota writes quirky stories about people and events from the Minnesota River Valley. The journey takes you through executions, mob lynchings, prohibitionists, gangsters, and the Ku Klux Klan--along with accounts of slavery and murder trials. The boy, his dad, and his grandfather tell tales, some laced with blarney, of their ancestors, relatives, and neighbors. Certain yarns will make you shake your head, some will...

The classic story of a boy who makes his own rules and the small Missouri town where he and his friends experience the adventures of a lifetime. Filled with schoolyard pranks, buried treasures, spooky caves, secret gangs, and grave robbers, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is entertainment of the highest order. The clever schemes of its eponymous hero--from tricking his friends into completing his chores to sneaking into his own funeral--are the stuff...