Syttende Mai in Westby, WI

Clarence will be selling copies of "Pirates on the Prairie" at the Syttende Mai festivities in Westby, Wisconsin, on 16-17 May. It promises to be two full days of Norwegian folk music, food, clothing, arts, and crafts. Do stop by, and be sure to pick up your copies of the new edition of "Pirates."

"Book on Halstad is fascinating!" - Another Great Review of Pirates on the Prairie

Les Knutson of the Worthington Daily Globe raved in an article today that Pirates on the Prairie "is fascinating, absolutely fascinating."

Click here to read the full article: http://www.dglobe.com/articles/index.cfm?id=18345&section=sports

Pirates on the Prairie - More Great Reviews!

Pirates on the Prairie is getting rave reviews in Minnesota newspapers and on Amazon.com (all reviewers gave 5 out of 5 stars!).

Here's another recent Pirates on the Prairie review we're excited to share with readers:

As much a tour of mid-twentieth century small-town life as it is an exciting sports chronicle, January 8, 2009
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - Historian, columnist, and native Minnesotan Eric Bergeson presents Pirates on the Prairie: A True Story, the real-life chronicle of the small-town "Pirates" basketball team of Halstad, Minnesota (population 590) in the year 1952. This plucky group of athletes consistently got the better of teams from towns and cities many times larger. Pirates on the Prairie is as much a tour of mid-twentieth century small-town life as it is an exciting sports chronicle, and is sure to appeal to anyone who enjoys true underdog sports stories. Highly recommended.

Small Town Minnesota Basketball Team Wins Against All Odds in True Story

"If Lake Wobegon had a basketball team, this would be their story . . ."-- Norma Opgrand, Laguna Woods, California

Read a recent Pirates on the Prairie press release with quotes from University of Arizona Men’s Basketball Coach, Lute Olson, former president of Concordia College, Paul Dovre, and historian and author, Hiram Drache.

Pirates on the Prairie a "historical and cultural treasure"

We were so proud to read the review of Pirates on the Prairie in today's Star Tribune in which columnist, John Millea, described the book as a "Minnesota historical and cultural treasure, especially for those of us who weren't alive in the 1940s and early 1950s, those of us who grew up in small American towns, those of us who appreciate the essence of young athletes giving it everything they've got and the euphoria that follows them."

Read the Full Pirates on the Prairie Star Tribune Review>>

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Pirates on the Prairie a "Must Read"

Pirates on the Prairie was reviewed in Tuesday's Rochester, MN Post-Bulletin!

Sports editor, Craig Swalboski, writes ". . . the basketball and the history are so compelling in this tome that I recommend it for anyone who is interested in either of the topics."

Swalboski, continues, "As good as the story is, the history was -- for me at least -- equally compelling. The first quarter of the book sets the scene of what life was like in and near Halstad -- it was among hundreds of similar dots on the map in the early 1950s in states like Minnesota and North Dakota."

Read the full review of Pirates on the Prairie.

 

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