Monday, December 21, 2009

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

In Pirates on the Prairie, Minnesota author, columnist, and historian Eric Bergeson chronicles the accurate adventure of a baby boondocks basketball aggregation that wins adjoin all odds. Bergeson’s fourth book tells the account of the acquaintance “Pirates” of Halstad, Minnesota, citizenry 590.

The year 1952 was a bewitched year for this apple in Minnesota. Read the adventure about a accumulation of athletes who consistently defeated teams from cities abounding times the admeasurement of Halstad.

This is the adventure of David and Goliath in baby boondocks America. And it is the being of legend.

Lute Olson, Men’s Basketball Coach at the University of Arizona, grew up in adjacent Grand Forks at the time of this story. He remarked, “Pirates on the Prairie reminds me of my own Midwestern Scandinavian background, and I thoroughly enjoyed Eric Bergeson’s description of a baby Minnesota boondocks and its sports success that afflicted the absolute region.”

“This book is not just about a team; it’s about a community,” according to Paul Dovre, above admiral of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. In cogent the adventure of Halstad’s baby boondocks teams, Pirates on the Prairie aswell traces the history of northwestern Minnesota and describes what brought aboriginal Norwegian settlers to the Midwest. Bergeson writes about the hardships faced by these able Scandinavian farmers and how they formed to body schools, churches, and businesses.

Hiram Drache, acclaimed historian and columnist of a dozen actual documentaries, writes that Pirates on the Prairie is “cleverly alloyed into a socio-economic and cultural history of what was accident in agronomics and baby towns throughout rural America…Bergeson has done a baroque job.”

Pirates on the Prairie is currently accessible by calling 1.800.278.1292 or by visiting the Pirates on the Prairie website.

About The Author
Eric Bergeson, salt-of-the-earth columnist of Pirates on the Prairie, knows the prairie well. His grandfathering started the Bergeson Nursery in 1937, and today Eric is the third bearing owner. Bergeson is a nurseryman, columnist, and historian from Fertile, Minnesota. He holds a master’s amount in history from The University of North Dakota. Pirates on the Prairie is his fourth book.

Contact Information
For added information, acquaintance Barbara Stennes, CSP at 515.278.1292
Website: http://www.ResourcesUnlimited.com
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Title: Pirates on the Prairie (Paperback)
Author: Eric Bergeson
Publisher: Myers House LLC (2008)
ISBN: 978-0972190022, 330 pages $17.95

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