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Published: 09 May 2017

Official Launch Party for "Boathouses of Lake Minnetonka" a Huge Success

   Just in time for the entertaining season on Lake Minnetonka comes the release of a book sure to inspire Minnesotans to return to the lake. Boathouses of Lake Minnetonka officially launched on May 22 with a party at Excelsior Brewery. More than 100 people attended the event, which featured a talk with photos, question-and-answer session and signing.

   The Star Tribune newspaper published a preview article on May 21, and earlier this month, RMA Publicity secured two TV inteviews. Publisher/photographer Karen Melvin and author Melinda Nelson appeared on KARE-TV in Minneapolis on May 15, and WCCO-TV on May 18 to talk about their book, which includes the stories behind 35 of the more than 375 boathouses on the lake. It also features over four hundred images taken by Karen Melvin, who is a professional photographer specializing in architecture, interiors and lifestyle photography.
   More information is available at www.shop.karenmelvin.com.

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Published: 21 May 2017

Historian Examines Why the Midwest Lost its Designation as a Cultural Mecca in New Book

   The promotional campaign for a historian Jon K. Lauck's new book is now underway.
   University of Iowa Press will release From Warm Center to Ragged Edge: The Erosion of Midwestern Literary and Historical Regionalism, 1920-1965 on June 1.
   Lauck was interviewed on RFD-TV on  May 21. During his interview on the flagship network for Rural Media Group, he shared what he has learned through his research. Lauck is a well-known Midwestern historian. He is the founding president of the Midwestern History Association, the co-founder and Associate Editor of Middle West Review, and an adjunct professor of history and political science at the University of South Dakota.