A Capital Place

A Capital Place...Is How The Author Remembers Minnesota'S Historic Sandy Lake: Important Fur-Trading Hub, Promised Land To A Succession Of Native American Tribes, 18Th-Century Captial Of The Ojibwe Nation, And Strategic Gateway To The Mississippi River From Lake Superiorroute Follwed By Nearly All The Famous Men Of Minnesota History. . In This Reminiscence Spanning More Than A Half-Century, Laursen Writes Of Boyhood Days On A Primitive Sandy Lake Fishing Resort, Of His Long Struggle To Become A Writer, Of Exciting Years With A Youthful Medtronic And Of The Inspiring Seqence Of Events Which Led Him And Wife To A Bed & Breakfast Inn On The Shores Of Leech Lake.