About the Author

Tom Weber, an award-winning writer, journalist, and radio host, is the author of 100 Things to Do in the Twin Cities Before You Die.

Reviews

"History is a mirror we hold up to today, and Tom Weber's engaging, urgently needed book tells the story of Minneapolis with fresh reflections of who we've been, who we are now, and where we are going."
R.T. Rybak, mayor of Minneapolis, 2002-14 "I was taught that to know who we are, we need to know WHERE we are. Too many books treat Indigenous presence as a prelude that ends when white people arrive. Tom Weber's book starts with the Indigenous and builds a complex, truer story of Bde Ota Otuŋwe (Minneapolis). This tapestry of people, strikes, championships, immigration, renewal, disasters, and triumphs provides a fascinating read about WHERE we are."
Mona Smith (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Allies: media/art
"Tom Weber provides a fresh, inclusive, and timely look at the people and events that continue to shape Minneapolis. Playing with chronology, he artfully melds often-told stories with lesser-known ones. This book helps us understand the paradox of a proud city with a sterling reputation that nevertheless struggles with basic issues of equity for its citizens."
John Crippen, executive director, Hennepin History Museum "Tom Weber unmasks a history of duplicitous relationships and policies that formed the wretched underbelly beneath the glory of Minneapolis. He does what many choose not to do: look at and connect the decisions that continue to maintain shameful race-based inequality."
Al McFarlane, editor in chief, Insight News