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Machinery Hill. Edibles on a stick. Livestock competitions. Princess Kay of the Milky Way. The Grandstand. The Midway. It must be State Fair time!
A Minnesota institution since 1859, the Great Get-Together draws more than one and a half million people to the annual "Twelve Days of Fun" leading up to Labor Day. Newcomers may wonder what all the fuss is about, but they soon find that the fair truly offers something for everyone.
One such newcomer is Susan Lambert Miller. After living in Minnesota for six years, she finally made her way to the fair-and was hooked. From ten thousand photographs shot over four years, Miller has selected 150 stunning images that capture the fair's essence and arranged them to surprise and delight: newborn ducklings waddle opposite duckies at a water game, a red hat lady joins a red hat llama, a super-sized hog reclines across from Famous Dave's food booth. These fresh and delightful photos and Lorna Landvik's charming "The Fair Maiden" capture the hilarity, the camaraderie, and the quirkiness that is the Minnesota State Fair.
Susan Lambert Miller is a nationally recognized photographer specializing in architectural views. She has visited so many county and state fairs that her children call her a "carny". Lorna Landvik is the beloved author of half a dozen novels, most recently The View from Mount Joy.
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Gaye Conway
reviewed State Fair: The Great Minnesota Get-Together on January 08, 2015
State Fair: The Great Minnesota Get-Together
So, what am I doing reading a book on the "Great Minnesota Get Together" in the dead of a Minnesota winter? Perhaps it's nice to have a little taste of summer as the wind chills dip into the double digits below zero and we can transport ourselves to a warmer season, but I am in the midst of weeding some of my excess books and this was a quick, easy read. It has been some years since I've attended the fair, but the photos here do a good job of showing off the essence of the Minnesota State Fair; farm animals, unhealthy food on sticks, all you can drink milk, carnival rides, crowds.
In spite of a few stories collected from fair goers by Lorna Landvik in the forward, the photos are included with minimal explanation or description, with some juxtaposing images such as "favorite fare" (corn on the cob) and "fair favorite" (the Fair's "Space Tower). These are fun, but don't offer much insight. Nice photographs to look back at a Minnesota summer institution.
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