Minnesotans are a tough lot; capable of pulling a house six miles by muscle alone or giving birth to a sixteen-pound boy. In 1921; young Phoebe Fairgrave set a parachute world record; stepping off the wing of a biplane 15;200 feet above the Twin Cities. In 1962; the last powerhouse Gophers football team brought home the Rose Bowl trophy. A year later; thirteen-year-old Jean Webb of Minneapolis risked arrest and refused to leave a segregated restaurant. In 1979; Gerry Spiess crossed the Atlantic alone in a 10-foot sailboat he built in his White Bear Lake garage. These inspiring stories and dozens more; culled from the Star Tribune newspaper archives; are presented in their original form by author Ben Welter; along with in-depth background; fresh interviews and more than seventy-five historic photos.
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