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1	Coming Home Crazy (Tr, Reissue) more books like this by Bill Holm, Harrison Evans Salisbury (Introduction by) add to wishlist Arranged by letter of the alphabet, with at least one entry per letter, these short pieces capture the variety of daily life in contemporary China. Topics include dumpling making, bound feet, Chinglish, night soil, and banking. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $11.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Northwest Coast Indian Art more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist "NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ART is a very beautiful book and it is also an important contribution to the fields of art and anthropology, Its most distinguished feature is the author's sensitive yet scientific approach in coming firmly to grips with elements of art which often have been considered intangible".--THE BEAVER. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $11.07! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Windows of Brimnes: An American in Iceland more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist In his most ambitious book to date, poet, musician, wit, and polemicist Bill Holm repairs to his Icelandic cottage to reflect on the United States and what it might learn from the land of his ancestral roots. The book begins with a description of the extraordinary setting of Brimnes, a small fishing village on the Arctic Circle. From his house, ... see all copies from $5.20! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Coming Home Crazy: An Alphabet of China Essays more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist Bill Holm writes witty essays about his experiences as a teacher in China. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Eccentric Islands: Travels Real and Imaginary more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist Bill Holm, often called "the bard of the Midwest, " takes readers on an excursion to islands both real and symbolic. He journeys to five physical islands and he travels to conceptual islands Writing with the mind-set of a 19th-century traveler for whom the journey is as important as the destination, Holm appeals to the traveler and the philosopher ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Playing the Black Piano more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist In Playing the Black Piano, poet Bill Holm confronts themes of aging, AIDS, friendship, and music, revealing an everyman sensibility that celebrates the beauty, truth, and evanescence of everyday life. Typical is "Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death," in which the reaper sits in a straight-backed chair in the side yard, in no hurry to claim his ... see all copies from $6.88! new only from $8.97! \| SVS
7	Swedes in Minnesota more books like this by Anne Gillespie Lewis, Bill Holm (Foreword by) add to wishlist Recounts the story of the great Swedish migration through numbers -- in the census reports and settlement patterns. It also tells the story through the cultural institutions Swedes founded -- the churches, schools, and lodges, the Swedish-language newspapers and businesses, the neighbourhoods and the associations. But mostly, this book tells the ... see all copies from $8.31! new only from $10.68! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth: Minneota, Minnesota more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist A memoir by a Minnesotan who returns to his hometown 20 years after he left it--broke, jobless, and divorced. Taking a new interest in the small town where he grew up, he uncovers its lost histories and reevaluates the definitions our culture gives to the concepts of success and failure. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| first editions
9	Edward S. Curtis in the Land of the War Canoes: A Pioneer Cinematographer in the Pacific Northwest more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist see all copies from $31.05! first editions
10	Boys House more books like this by Jim Heynen, Bill Holm (Introduction by) add to wishlist Sixty-four new and selected tales spanning more than twenty years in the career of a modern master of the short story. These sixty-four sharply honed stories, selected by the author from more than twenty years of work, showcase Jim Heynen's equal mastery of terse, elegant prose and old-style country wit and wisdom. Every tale is an unerring slice ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist see all copies from $41.97!
12	The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist The author of "Coming Home Crazy" and "Eccentric Islands" offers a witty and poignant journey around the world and through the heartland by "the tallest radical humorist in the Midwest" (Garrison Keillor). 10 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
13	Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist see all copies from $5.24! new only from $60.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Faces of Christmas Past more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist This Exceptional Memoir speaks with wit and grace to the perils of Christmas and self-imposed ritual duty (like the newsy Christmas xerox). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.90! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Norwegians in Minnesota more books like this by Jon Gjerde, Carlton C Qualey, Bill Holm (Foreword by) add to wishlist The images of the Vikings professional football team, the stereotype of the 'Norwegian bachelor farmer', and even Minnesotan's speech patterns proclaim the Norwegian heritage of Minnesota. But the Norwegian settlers have contributed much more to the state, as authors Carlton C Qualey and Jon A Gjerde make clear. The Norwegians, who first arrived ... see all copies from $4.96! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Soft Gold: The Fur Trade & Cultural Exchange on the Northwest Coast of America more books like this by Bill Holm, Thomas Vaughan add to wishlist A study of the fur trade that began in the 18th century, when explorers and traders exchanged beads, iron, cloth, and trinkets for pelts or "soft gold." see all copies from $6.00! new only from $15.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas Collection more books like this by Steven Clay Brown, Bill Holm, Alan L Hoover add to wishlist This stunning book celebrates the remarkable repatriation of 36 masterpieces of Tshimshian art collected in northern British Columbia more than 140 years ago. see all copies from $25.18! new only from $31.42! \| first editions \| SVS
18	Form and freedom : a dialogue on Northwest coast Indian art more books like this by Bill Holm, William Reid, Rice University. Institute for the Arts, N.Y.) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York add to wishlist see all copies from $10.87! first editions
19 view cover	Irish in Minnesota more books like this by Ann Regan, Bill Holm (Foreword by) add to wishlist Irish immigrants to Minnesota performed two surprising feats. Generally thought in the United States to be unsuccessful as farmers, they built some of the country's most successful and enduring Irish farming communities. And in St Paul, where they were outnumbered by German immigrants, they nonetheless left a lasting legacy, so that today most ... see all copies from $5.34! new only from $10.69! \| SVS
20 view cover	African Americans in Minnesota more books like this by David Vassar Taylor, Bill Holm (Foreword by) add to wishlist While making up a smaller percentage of Minnesota's population compared to national averages, African Americans have had a profound influence on the history and culture of the state from its earliest days to the present. Author David Taylor chronicles the rich history of Blacks in the state through careful analysis of census and housing records, ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $10.76! \| SVS
21	Soft Gold: The Fur Trade & Cultural Exchange on the Northwest Coast of America more books like this by C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Bill Holm, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnol add to wishlist see all copies from $12.50! first editions
22 view cover	Eye of the Changer: A Northwest Indian Tale more books like this by Muriel Ringstad, Donald Croly (Illustrator), Bill Holm (Designer) add to wishlist A blind twelve-year-old Salish Indian boy is inspired to overcome his disability by a legend of his people known as the "Eye of the Changer". see all copies from $2.99! new only from $72.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Hmong in Minnesota more books like this by Chia Youyee Vang, Bill Holm (Foreword by) add to wishlist Chia Youyee Vang reveals the colourful, intricate history of Hmong Minnesotans, many of whom were forced to flee their homeland of Laos when the communists seized power during the Vietnam War. Having assisted US troops in the 'Secret War', Hmong soldiers and civilians were eligible to settle in the United States. Vang offers a unique window into ... see all copies from $10.56! new only from $10.56! \| SVS
24	Smoky-Top, the Art and Times of Willie Seaweed more books like this by Bill Holm, Willie Seaweed (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $45.73! first editions
25 view cover	Jews in Minnesota more books like this by Hyman Berman, Linda Mack Schloff, Bill Holm (Foreword by) add to wishlist Although never more than a small percentage of the Minnesota's population, Jews have made a remarkable contribution to the state in business, politics, and education. The earliest arrivals were German Jews who came when the territory was newly created. By the 1880s they were joined by immigrants from eastern Europe. Many settled in small towns or ... see all copies from $10.76! new only from $10.76! \| SVS

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