"Published in cooperation with the Office of the President, University of Minnesota and St. Cloud State University."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: True north -- The fortunate land -- Cultural crossroads -- Geographies of dominion -- Shifting ground -- Highway to the north -- A world unraveling -- Drawing boundaries -- Civilized pursuits -- Playing for power -- The roads to war -- Cataclysm on the Minnesota -- Epilogue: Pasts remembered, pasts forgotten