Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Purgatory by Jewel Sinclair Project:Pseudonymous . I know this topic will seem a tad esoteric to the general public but after 30 years as the curator of the Minnesota Historical Society's book collection I just had to share this list with somebody. The Society has the largest collection in the universe of Minnesota fiction and many of these books create thinly veiled places based on the author's experience with an authentic local place. Some of these disguises are fairly pedestrian, such as William McNally's "Capital City" for St. Paul, but others are wonderfully creative, such as Sinclair Lewis's "Northernapolis" for Duluth. Shown above is the cover of one of Dan Brennan's books in which is called "Cereal City". A perfect sobriquet. Since it is nearly impossible for any one person to have read all the older Minnesota fiction and crazy making to attempt to keep up on currently published work, a wiki is the perfect tool for completing this job. I appreciate any and all additions and corrections to my list but especially hope that authors will weigh in. No one knows better than the original author what geographic feature in Minnesota is in the back of their head when they write about a place. Thanks in advance for any help. Contents. The list so far. Adrian, MN = St. Ives (Sonia Gernes The Way to St. Ives . NY; 1982) Badbattle River = Fishhook River, Park Rapids (Jon Hassler North of Hope . NY; 1990) Bemidji = Rookery (Jon Hassler Rookery Blues . NY; 1995) Beaver Bay [?] = Bergen (Edna Hong Wild, Blue Berries . Minneapolis; 1987) Biwabik = Birora (Phil Stong Honk the Moose . NY; 1935) Biwabik [area] = Old Big (Shirley Schoonover Mountain of Winter . NY; 1965) Brainerd = Linden Falls (Jon Hassler North of Hope . NY; 1990) Caledonia [and a little Harmony] = New Heidelberg (Jenna Blum Those Who Save Us . NY; 2004) Cannon City = Metropolisville (Edward Eggleston Mystery of Metropolisville . NY; 1873) Cannon River = Big Gun River (Edward Eggleston Mystery of Metropolisville . NY; 1873) Carleton College = Courtland College (Siri Hustvedt The Enchantment of Lily Dahl . NY; 1996) Cloquet = Mokoman (Walter O'Meara Minnesota Gothic . New York; 1956) Cold Spring = Cosmos (Bill Meissner The Road to Cosmos . South Bend, IN; 2006) Crispus Attucks Home for Colored Orphans = Peter Salem Home (Lloyd L. Brown "God's Chosen People" in Masses and Mainstream, April 1948) Duluth = Valencia (Claude C. Washburn Gerald Northrop. NY; Duffield, 1914) Duluth = Fond Port (Margaret Culkin Banning The Quality of Mercy . NY; 1963) Duluth = Port Greysolon (Daragh Aldrich Peter Good For Nothing . New York; 1929) Duluth = Twin Bridges (Margaret Culkin Banning Country Club People . New York; 1923) Duluth = Northernapolis (Sinclair Lewis "Ghost Patrol" NY; 1946) Duluth = Grand Republic (Sinclair Lewis Cass Timberlane . NY; 1945) Duluth = Lakeside (Marie L. Nowinson The Legacy of Gabriel Martel NY; 1949) Faribault = Perritaut (Edward Eggleston Mystery of Metropolisville . NY; 1873) Fergus Falls [region] = Pockerbrush (Herbert Krause Wind Without Rain . Indianapolis; 1939) Freeport = Lake Wobegon (Garrison Keillor Lake Wobegon Days . New York; 1985) Frontenac = Old Beauharnois (William McNally House of Vanished Splendor . New York; 1932) Glencoe = Minerva (Mary Sharratt The Real Minerva . 2004) Glenwood [?] = Boomville (M. J. Glennon Boomville; A Tale of Western Minnesota . Minneapolis; 1891) Hopkins [+ Wayzata] = Purgatory Springs, MN (Mary Grace Chute's "Sheriff Olson" stories in "Saturday Evening Post" 1938-) International Falls = Frostbite Falls Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. La Crescent [?] = Cup (Mabel Seeley The Whispering Cup . NY; 1940) Lake City [area] = Vale of Siddem (Arthur Rogers and Maud Merrill Dwellers in the Vale of Siddem: a True Story of the Social Aspects of Feeble-Mindedness . Boston: 1919) Linden Hills Neighborhood of Minneapolis= Inspiration for Floral Heights District of Zenith[?] (Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt , 1922) McGregor = Midden (Cheryl Strayed Torch . NY: 2006) [see Moose Lake also] Macalester College = Darton Hall College (Tim O'Brien July, July . Boston: 2002) Madelia = Lake Amelia (Becky Bohan Fertile Betrayal . Northboro, MA; 1995) Madison [geographically closer to Sturgeon Lake] = Rachael River (Carol Bly Backbone . Minneapolis; 1985) Manitou Island = Sherry Island (F. Scott Fitzgerald "Winter Dreams") Mankato = Deep Valley (Maud Hart Lovelace Betsy-Tacy . Ney York; 1940) Mankato = Welcome (Maud Hart Lovelace One Stayed at Welcome . NY; 1934) Marine = Genesis (James Gray Wake and Remember . NY; 1936) Minneapolis = Zenith (Sinclair Lewis Babbitt . NY; 1922) Minneapolis = Cornucopia (Sinclair Lewis "All Wives are Angles" in The Cosmopolitan, February, 1943 and three other short stories) Minneapolis = Indian City (James Gray Penciled Frown. NY; 1925) Minneapolis = St. Etienne (Alice Winter The Prize to the Hardy. Indianapolis; 1905 and Jewel Weed. Indianapolis; c. 1906) Minneapolis = St. Anthony (Margaret Culkin Banning Prelude to Love. NY; 1930) Minneapolis = St. Anthony (Wanda Fraiken Neff Lone Voyagers. Boston; 1929) Minneapolis = Cereal City (Dan Brennan The Velvet Rut. ; 1962. Also in No Sense of Shame.) State of Minnesota = Winnemac (Sinclair Lewis Babbitt. NY; 1922) State of Minnesota = North Isota (Sinclair Lewis "The Shadowy Glass") Moose Lake = Midden (Cheryl Strayed Torch. NY: 2006) Morgan, MN = Cloten (Kent Meyers The River Warren. St. Paul: Hungry Mind Press, 1998. Also in Light in the Crossing: Stories. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1999.) New Ulm = Germantown (Franklin Elsworth The Bandwagon.) Northfield, MN = Clarence (Anne Ursu Spilling Clarence. 2004) Northfield = Lindbrook (Beth Kendrick [Beth Lavin] My Favorite Mistake. 2004; J Grundy's "Rueb ‘n' Stein bar = Roof Rat bar) Northfield = Webster (Siri Hustvedt The Enchantment of Lily Dahl. NY; 1996) Park Rapids = Staggerford (Jon Hassler Staggerford. NY; 1977) Park Rapids = Flint (Will Weaver Striking Out. NY; 1993 and Farm Team. NY; 1995) Pine Island [?] = Pine Bend (Squire Littell Pierce Di; A Story. Philadelphia; 1891) Pipestone = Redstone (KJ Erickson Alone At Night. New York: 2004) Pipestone = Harvester (Faith Sullivan The Cape Ann; 1988. & The Empress of One; 1996. & What a Woman Must Do. 2002) Pipestone = Rye (Faith Sullivan Repent Lanny Merkel. 1981) Plainview = Plum (Jon Hassler Grand Opening. NY; 1987) Red Lake = Sovereign Lake (Jon Hassler North of Hope. NY; 1990) Red Lake Reservation = Basswood Reservation (Jon Hassler North of Hope. NY; 1990) Red Wing = Aile Rouge (William McNally House of Vanished Splendor. New York; 1932) Red Wing = Red Owl Landing (Edward Eggleston Mystery of Metropolisville. Rochester = Rutherford (Elizabeth Gunn Par Four. New York; 1999) St. Cloud = Great Plains, MN (J. F. Powers Morte D'Urban. New York; 1962) St. Cloud [?] = Kingston (Julia Amanda Wood Strayed From The Fold. New York; 1878. St. Cloud = Bracken (Rebecca Hill Among Birches. NY; 1986) St. Croix River = North Star River (William McNally Roofs of Elm Street. New York; 1936) St. James = Bentley (Evelyn Voss Wise As the Pines Grow. NY; 1939) St. John the Evangelist [Portland Ave, St. Paul] = St. Andrew's Church (Grace Flandreau Being Respectable. NY; 1923) St. Olaf College = Oslo College (Elias Rachie Thor's Gold. Minneapolis; 1927) St. Paul = Beer Town (Meridel LeSueur "Beer Town" in Life in the NY; 1933) St. Paul = St. Saul ([Ione G. Daniels] A Social Conspiracy; or Under the Ban. St. Paul; 1888) St. Paul = Capitol City (William McNally The Barb New York; 1923. St. Paul = New Bagdad (Elias Rachie Thor's Gold. Minneapolis; 1927) St. Paul = Gilling City (Mabel Seeley Listening House. NY; 1938. St. Paul = St. Pierre (Margaret Culkin Banning Spellbinders. New York: 1922) St. Paul = Columbia (Grace Flandreau Being Respectable. NY; 1923) The Saint Paul = Columbia Hotel (Grace Flandreau Being Respectable. NY; 1923) Sauk Centre = Joralemon (Sinclair Lewis The Trail of the Hawk. NY; 1915) Sauk Centre = Gopher Prairie (Sinclair Lewis Free Air. New York; 1919 and Main Street. New York; 1920) Stearns County = Mist County (Garrison Keillor Pontoon. New York; 2007) Stillwater = North Star (William McNally Roofs of Elm Street. New York; 1936) Stillwater = Hamilton (Ann Chidester Young Pandora. New York; 1942) Stillwater = Riverport (Neil S. Boardman The Long Home. NY; 1948) Summit Avenue = Crest Avenue (F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Crack-Up". NY; New Directions Pub. Corp., 1945) Swanville = Lake Eden (Joanne Fluke's "Hannah Swensen" mysteries such as Key Lime Pie Murder. 2007) Taylors Falls = Cooper's Falls (Thomas Gifford The Wind Chill Factor. NY; 1975) Thief River Falls = Twin Forks, Minnesota (Gary Paulson Winterkill. NY:Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1976) Twin Cities = Vernon (Sinclair Lewis "The Shadowy Glass" [and many other short stories]) Two Harbors = Twin Harbors (Emma L. Brock Then Came Adventure. NY; 1941) Two Harbors = Good Harbor (Edna Hong Wild, Blue Berries. Minneapolis; 1987) University of Minnesota = Chippewa University (Wanda Neff Lone Voyageurs. Boston; 1929) Wayzata [+ Hopkins] = Purgatory Springs, MN (Mary Grace Chute's "Sheriff Olson" stories in "Saturday Evening Post" 1938 - ) White Bear Lake = Black Bear Lake (F. Scott Fitzgerald "Winter Dreams") Willmar = Conorra (Eileen Davis Happiness Around Her: A Tapestry of Youth. NY; 1947) Winona = Hoosac (John Bellairs The Treasur of Alpheus Winterborn. NY; 1978 and The Dark Secret of Weatherend. NY; 1984) Winona = Woodard, MN (Marjorie Dorner Blood Kin. NY; 1992) Winona = Holton (Marjorie Dorner Nightmare. NY; 1987) Fictional Minnesota Places With No Real Place Reference. (According to the Author) Berrington, MN (Jon Hassler North of Hope. NY; 1990) Flame Lake (Lorna Landvik Your Oasis on Flame Lake. NY; 1997) Nokomis, MN (James Gray Shoulder the Sky. NY; 1935) Tall Pine, MN (Lorna Landvik The Tall Pine Polka. NY; 1999) To Be Determined. ? = Little Horn, MN (Neil S. Boardman The Wine of Violence. NY; 1964) ? = Placid Lake, MN (Carol Brink Stopover. NY; 1951) ? = Westcott (Marguerite Murphy Patricia From New York. Boston; 1925) Minot. Minot is a city in the Lakes and Gardens region of with an estimated 48,000 in 2017. Known as the Magic City , it's a significant rail hub (for freight, anyway). However, its location deep within North America and off the Interstate System generally means you don't see Minot if you don't plan on it. Understand [ edit ] The Souris River goes through the middle of town, carving a valley in the middle of flat prairie. The town arose in 1880s as a stop along the Great Northern railway. During Prohibition the city became a nexus for alcohol smuggling. After World War II the city settled down into quiet suburbanation. There's a US Air Force base north of town. You can drive to Canada in just over an hour. Minot is a rather unusual city, though possessing levels of services similar to much larger cities, it struggles between small-town and cosmopolitan attitudes. Civic growth is not greatly helped by the climate. T-shirts available at the airport have this motto: "Why not Minot? Freezin's the reason!" Minot Convention & Visitors Bureau 1020 South Broadway ( Located in the Scandinavian Heritage Visitors Center ) "Only the Best Come North" Minot Area Development Corporation. Climate [ edit ] While North Dakota is typically associated with a cold climate, the weather actually has its extremes, and Minot reaches temperatures of 90s F (sometimes even 100s) in the summer months. Get in [ edit ] By plane [ edit ] 48.259444 -101.280278 1 Minot International Airport ( MOT IATA ). Is served by daily nonstop jet service on from Delta's hub at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. It also has daily nonstop jet service to Denver and Houston on , and weekly nonstop jet service to Las Vegas and Phoenix-Mesa on Allegiant. By car [ edit ] Minot's location towards the center of the continent places it well off the beaten path for travelers. Most commonly, visitors are passing by. Often they are taking the scenic route west through (or coming from that direction). Also, many Canadian tour buses bound for points east (Minneapolis, Chicago, etc.) will cross into the US through Portal, and stop in Minot for fuel and a quick bite. The major routes through the city are US 2 (east-west), US 83 (north-south), and US 52 (northwest-southeast). US 2 intersects with Interstate 29 in Grand Forks, US 83 intersects with Interstate 94 in Bismarck, and US 52 intersects with Interstate 94 in Jamestown. Successors to 83 and 52 also intersect with the Trans-Canada Highway. By train [ edit ] The city is served by Amtrak and its once-daily which runs between Chicago and /Portland. Westbound trains pass through about 9AM while eastbound trains pass through about 9PM, but delays are quite common on this route. 48.236072 -101.298769 2 Minot railway station , 400 1st Ave SW ( Just east of the city centre ). ( updated Oct 2019 ) By bus [ edit ] Minot Bus Depot , 300 18th Ave SW, phone +1 701 852-2477. A local company provides road transportation to and from Grand Forks ($45.05) and Bismarck ($25.80) every day except Wednesdays and Saturdays, and also to New Town ($13) on weekdays. Primary interstate carrier Greyhound Lines serves none of these cities; though from Grand Forks, connects to Greyhound in Fargo and Billings. Get around [ edit ] Unless you've brought a bicycle and happen to be in good shape, you aren't getting anywhere in Minot without a car. Some public transit is available at certain times, but for visitors it's more trouble than it's worth. Car rental [ edit ] Avis (+1 701 838-7665), Hertz (+1 701 852-0104), and National (+1 701 852-5115) are at the airport. There is a Rent-a-Wreck (838-0098) at a Sinclair gas station three (hilly) blocks south of the Amtrak station. There is an Enterprise location (+1 701 838-3800) on the south end of town. Enterprise and Rent-a-Wreck will pick you up; Avis, Hertz, and National are oriented primarily towards airline travelers. Taxi [ edit ] Taxi service is also available. Central Cab. +1 701-852-8000. By public transit [ edit ] Minot City Transit provides service. There is no bus stop at the Amtrak station. Also, there is no common transfer stop between routes. Buses run every hour between 9AM and 5PM, Monday through Friday. Two trips run between 6:55AM to 8:30AM on school days and again between 2:55PM and 4:30PM. Fare is $1.25. Children under 6 pay no fare. Monthly passes for adults are $34.00. Monthly passes for senior citizens and disabled are $26.00. See [ edit ]

48.237161 -101.29184 1 Minot railroad museum , 19 1st St NE , ☏ +1 701 852-7091 . The museum, has provided its guests with a glimpse at the fascinating history of the westward railroad expansion since its opening in 1986. ( updated Oct 2019 ) Riverwalk of Minot . A 2.5-mile walking and biking trail along the Souris River, which is accessible from a number of Minot attractions including the Railroad Museum and Roosevelt Park . 48.2342 -101.273 2 Roosevelt Park and Zoo , 1219 Burdick Expressway East , ☏ +1 701 857-4166 . May: 10AM-6PM; June–August: 10AM-8PM; September: 10AM-6PM; October: Weekdays 10AM-5PM (Weather Permitting) . Roosevelt Park is the city's largest park. Features include a zoo, a swimming pool, and a 2/5ths scale railroad you can take a ride on around the park, in addition to gardens, walking paths, picnic shelters, tennis courts, and a band shell. Be sure to check out the sundial near the train station and the statue of Theodore Roosevelt in the southwest part of the park. 48.2261 -101.298 3 Scandinavian Heritage Park , 1020 S. Broadway , ☏ +1 701 852-9161 . A 14-acre park highlighting the Scandinavian roots of the region. Feature of the park include a 230-year-old house from Norway and a stave church.

Do [ edit ] 48.233056 -101.260833 1 The North Dakota State Fair , 2005 Burdick Expressway East ( State Fairgrounds ). The North Dakota State Fair is one of the biggest entertainment events of the year, bringing big name concerts, carnival rides, and fairway fare. The fair runs 9 days, from the second-to-last Friday in July to the last Saturday in July. Norsk Høstfest , 2005 Burdick Expressy East ( State Fairgrounds ). The Norsk Høstfest is North America's largest Scandinavian heritage festival, running more than 25 years. The Høstfest, like the State Fair, brings in big-name entertainers to Minot, along with a lot of other folks! The Norsk Høstfest runs 4 days, starting the first Wednesday in October to the following Saturday. 48.2366 -101.293 2 Lillian and Coleman Taube Museum of Art , 2 N. Main St. ( corner of Main St. & Central Ave. downtown ), ☏ +1 701 838-4445 . Tu-F 10:30AM - 5:30PM, Sa 11AM - 4PM . This venue has over 1600 square feet of gallery space, for emerging and established talent locally, regionally, and internationally. Showcase guest artists and member’s work, as well as maintaining a permanent collection. The gallery's Museum Gift Shop sells ND artists' work. Tours are welcome anytime. Admission is by suggested contribution . Buy [ edit ] Shopping opportunities are ample in Minot. Souvenirs are available at the airport. Downtown Minot , northeast of the intersection of Burdick Expressway and Broadway, has small shops and restaurants, particularly along Main Street and Central Avenue. 48.2064 -101.311 1 , 16th Street SW ( off the US 2/52 bypass ). Target, Sears, Herbergers, J C Penney, and Scheels Sports. Numerous specialty shops. The mall is in the middle of a shopping district that grew around it, including Hobby Lobby, Super Wal-Mart, and Best Buy. Town and Country Center , Broadway . A strip mall. Much of it is office space but there is a drugstore, a variety store, and a travel agency. Arrowhead Mall . A strip mall on 16th Street SW quite a bit north of the mall. There's a drugstore, a supermarket, some restaurants, and some offices. Budget Music and Video , 1944 S. Broadway , ☏ +1 701 852-5321 . A locally owned record shop with a large collection of new and used CDs, body jewelry, incense, lighters, posters, and paintings amongst other odds and ends. Eat [ edit ] Food is pretty cheap in Minot. You're looking at $10 tops per person in most cases, maybe $20 at some of the nicer sit-down restaurants. If you really want to pull out on the stops, it is theoretically possible to spend $50 a plate at a handful of places in town. if you care to. You will not need a reservation for any restaurant in town. Some restaurants do have private rooms that can be reserved, which are generally for business or political meetings. Budget [ edit ]

Charlie's Main Street Cafe , 113 South Main St ( Downtown ), ☏ +1 701 839-5900 . American fare. Mid-range [ edit ]

Behm's Backroad Bar & Cafe , 3800 2/52 Bypass West , ☏ +1 701 838-4029 . Daily specials for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Two homemade soups daily. All desserts are baked fresh in the kitchen. Hot Stuff Pizza is also served in the bar and restaurant. Restaurant hours are 5AM-11PM daily. Call ahead for takeout orders too. Homesteader's Restaurant , 2501 2/52 Bypass West , ☏ +1 701 838-2274 . Downhome cooking. China Star , 1631 S Broadway , ☏ +1 701 838-3833 . Chinese buffet and Mongolian barbecue. Open lunch and dinner. Local delivery. Planet Pizza , 220 South Broadway , ☏ +1 701 852-1700 . Pizza and video games! The place to take your children. Party room available. Local delivery. Sammy's Pizza , 400 North Broadway , ☏ +1 852-4486 . Italian cuisine. Local delivery. Bad Lands Grill and Saloon , 2300 15th St SW ( directly south of Dakota Square Mall ). A franchise operated by Apple Corp., owners of the Applebee's chain. Focus is on seafood and steak prepared in a southern style with family friendly atmostsphere. Open 10AM to 10PM, bar open until 11PM. Full bar and wine list similar to other chain restaurants. Call ahead for a private room reservation (large parties only). Classic Rock Coffee , 1408 2nd Ave SW , ☏ +1 701 837-1001 . 6AM-6PM . Traditional lattes in Minot with an experience to remember. Including classic rock memorabilia with a free reservation room. Best place to grab lunch and a latte in town. ( updated Nov 2018 ) Splurge [ edit ]

Primo , 1505 North Broadway ( at the Grand International ), ☏ +1 701 852-3161 . Italian and American cuisine. Biggest list of wines, scotches, and cognacs in town. If there is a place to wine and dine in Minot, this is it. Open 24 hours. Private rooms available. This restaurant does not take reservations. Ten North Main , 10 N. Main St ( Downtown ), ☏ +1 701 837-1010 . An upscale restaurant located across the street from an old train depot. Co-owned by actor Josh Duhamel, a Minot native. Private rooms available. Wi-Fi hotspot. This restaurant does take reservations. Drink [ edit ]

48.235256 -101.290431 1 The Blue Rider , 118 1st Ave SE , ☏ +1 701 852-9050 . 48.235578 -101.292536 2 The Tap Room , 23 South Main Street ( Entrance on First Avenue ), ☏ +1 701 340-7216 . ( updated Feb 2018 ) Sleep [ edit ] Accommodations are easy to find in Minot -- except during the State Fair and Høstfest. Be sure to reserve your rooms well in advance if you're planning to stay during late July and early October. Budget [ edit ]

Super 8 Motel , 1315 N Broadway , ☏ +1 701 852-1817 , toll-free: +1-800-800-8000 . $30-60 . Select Inn , 225 22nd Ave NW , ☏ +1 701 852-3411 , toll-free: +1-800-641-1000 . Accepts Canadian dollars at par. $30-60 . Mid-range [ edit ]

Comfort Inn , 1515 22nd Ave SW ( near Dakota Square Mall ), ☏ +1 701 852-2201 , toll-free: +1-800-424-6423 . $70-100 . Fairfield Inn by Marriott , 900 24th Ave SW ( near Dakota Square Mall ), ☏ +1 701 838-2424 , toll-free: +1 800-228-2800 . $70-100 . Days Inn , 2100 4th Street SW ( near the Broadway and 2/52 Bypass interchange ), toll-free: +1-888-327-6466 . $50-80 . Dakota Inn , 2401 2/52 Bypass West ( west of Dakota Square Mall ), ☏ +1-800-862-5003 . $40-80 . Best Western Kelly Inn , 1510 26th Ave SW ( near Dakota Square Mall ), toll-free: +1-800-735-5868 . $50-75 . Splurge [ edit ] Grand International , 1505 North Broadway ( on North Hill near the Airport ), toll-free: +1-800-735-4493 . The Grand International rivals the Holiday Inn as the best in town. $60-95 . Holiday Inn Riverside , 2200 Burdick Expressway East , toll-free: +1-800-468-9968 . The Holiday Inn is widely regarded as the best hotel in town. Almost immediately across Burdick Expressway from the fairgrounds. $65-100 . Stay safe [ edit ] There is little crime in Minot. Most residents do lock their doors, but in wintertime many people leave their cars running in parking lots as they run their errands. Probably the most significant danger comes from city traffic. Pedestrians should yield to oncoming traffic -- most people will not stop to let you by, even at crosswalks. Also, drunk and exhibition driving is a risk late on weekends. Stay alert on the roads at those times. Connect [ edit ] The telephone area code for Minot is 701. Minot has excellent telecommunications infrastructure; the telephone system is modern, internet access is ubiquitous, and cellular coverage within the city is excellent. Analog and digital PCS, CDMA and GSM networks are available. Coverage in the city and along the roads is excellent. Coverage gaps deep in rural territory are quickly being filled. Local telephone provider SRT is a partner with Sprint and Verizon Wireless, among others. Alltel Wireless also maintains infrastructure in the area; while its native service is based on CDMA technology, it offers a parallel GSM network that some carriers such as T-Mobile US use for roaming. AT&T Wireless now offers limited coverage in the city but not in the surrounding rural areas. Minot has a web cafe , Broadway Bean & Bagel, on South Broadway. Public Internet access is also available at the Public Library (next to the Amtrak station) and (North Broadway). Free WiFi access is available in pockets downtown and around MSU. Review: “Isabel: Jewel of Castilla” by Carolyn Meyer. Carolyn Meyer contributed an enticing account of the life of Isabel I to The Royal Diaries . The author’s narrative, Isabel: Jewel of Castilla , depicts Spain in the fifteenth century through Isabel’s eyes. Beginning her journal when she is still a young princess, Isabel is disgusted by the sinful and hypocritical nobility of the Spanish court; she inwardly rebels against the enclosing walls of her “prison,” which is the castle her half-brother, the king, forces her to live in. Although Isabel has her own family problems, she soon becomes a political pawn in the hands of kings and powerful nobles. Isabel refuses to marry without love, even for financial security and power. But since she is technically penniless and powerless herself, Isabel must decide whom to trust with constantly changing enemies. Isabel decries her own vices as well as those of her relatives. She calls the journal she is writing a penance for her sins, as directed by her confessor, the infamous Torquemada. In fact, it is a recording of her interesting political and religious observations. Religious prejudice and the roots of the Spanish Inquisition are prevalent concerns of those times, and Isabel is no exception to prejudice in the storyline. However, her inner contention with her doubts is suppressed by her desire to learn, especially since princesses were not given higher education. Royalty seems to be a farce played by weak actors, and Isabel understands this. Nevertheless, she has higher ambitions for her future, and she survives her lack of freedom despite her complaints. Isabel is strong-willed and she takes Catholicism very seriously regardless of her own fears and Catholicism’s sexism. Scandals, civil war, and romance shake the foundations of Spain, but Isabel is an intelligent princess who maintains her dignity nonetheless, which in turn establishes her worth as a future queen. Isabel: Jewel of Castilla has realistic characters and a believable storyline while portraying a famous monarch from a different, inside perspective. В Tumblr все настолько понятно, что даже нечего объяснять. Мы постарались, чтобы создавать блоги и публиковать в них было проще простого. Делитесь историями, фотографиями, GIF- ками, телесериалами, ссылками, шутками, рассказами, дорожками Spotify, mp3-записями, видео, философскими рассуждениями, новинками моды и искусства. Tumblr — это 500 млн разных блогов, в которых можно найти буквально все. Вы уже в курсе, как это работает. Подпишитесь на блог, чтобы все его посты отображались в вашей ленте. Увидели классный пост? Сделайте его реблог в свой блог. Если хотите, добавьте к нему комментарий. А кто-то сделает реблоги ваших постов. Так у нас знакомятся. The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment - Modernized. Hand-typed, formatted, modernized, and annotated by William H. Gross onthewing.org April 2020 The 1651 edition was corrected using the 1670 ed. It’s always helpful to put books or sermons in their historical context, just as we do with the text of Scripture when we preach it. These sermons were given at a particular time in history, and at a particular time in the life of the preacher, Jeremiah Burroughs. So I’ve annotated some of those events, and explained who those persons were, and even what some of those words meant at the time – what images they conveyed to his English listeners, like “Privy Chamber.” One of the things you’ll notice in these sermons, is that they’re not doctrinal treatises written for the Academy. They were written simply; they needed very little modernizing. These are homilies — practical applications of the truth of Scripture — written to the people of God, who needed encouragement at the time. And so he repeats himself to drive home his points. I think it helps if you imagine yourself sitting in a pew. See Burroughs in the pulpit, speaking off-the-cuff from his scant notes, nodding at folks, turning from side to side, repeating to one group, what he just said to the other — pounding the pulpit to drive home a point. Along the way, he goes down a rabbit trail or two. He organizes his thoughts on the fly, rewording an important truth — putting it two or three different ways so you don’t miss it. Meanwhile, in the front row, a stenographer is frantically taking notes, hoping to preserve what he’s saying, and even how he’s saying it, so that later generations might enjoy it too. That would explain the many incomplete sentences, missing words and odd punctuation, all those parenthetical thoughts, and mixtures of I, we, and you in the same sentence. They make sense if you hear him change his voice, maybe turning aside to speak to no one in particular, as if taking on a character, playing a role on stage. He lets the congregation “overhear” his thoughts as he weighs the import of it all. He puts himself in their shoes, thinking their thoughts, using their words. To help with that, I’ve completed sentences, provided missing words, finished thoughts, and even used contractions to make it more conversational (it’s OK, there were many contractions in the original). I added sermon titles, and the dates for each sermon from the margins of the 1670 edition. Three were dated Sept. 21st (an obvious error). I changed the first one to the 14th, and the third to the 28th. I avoided paraphrasing (as far as possible), so you hear his ideas the way he conveyed them. I added and corrected a number of scripture references, footnoting the full text when appropriate. Otherwise, this is the 1651 wording. That’s important, because a lot changed in the twenty years from 1651-1670. This sermon series was given in the heat of battle, literally. As Burroughs opens the next sermon in the series, he gives a brief summary of where he left off the “last day” — some may not have attended the previous one. And because it’s a series, each week may not be self-contained; they overlap. He begins a new topic part way through one sermon, and continues it the next. That happened in Sermon 4 with the Lessons, and Sermon 9 with the Pleas. In some editions of this work, the sermons are grouped topically. As a result, you may find only eight “chapters” listed for the eleven sermons that were actually given. I chose to keep the organization of the original 1651 publication, the sermons as presented in 1645. Who was Jeremiah Burroughs, anyway? He was born in 1599, and studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He graduated in 1624, but left university because he had become a non-conformist. That means he was opposed to changes in the Book of Common Prayer favoring Roman Catholic doctrine and practice, over the principles of the Reformation that Cranmer established a hundred years earlier. Burroughs refused to conform to them. He wanted pure doctrine and practices, drawn from Scripture alone; hence the term “Puritan,” which had been used since the 1550s. Burroughs was assistant to Edmund Calamy at Bury St. Edmunds. In 1631 he became rector of Tivetshall, Norfolk. He was suspended for non- conformity in 1636, and afterward deprived of his office. He went to Rotterdam in 1637, to be a teacher of the English church there. He returned to England in 1641 and served as a preacher at Stepney and Cripplegate, London. But those were turbulent times. Burroughs was a contemporary of Oliver Cromwell, who led the Parliamentarians against the Royalists in the first English Civil War of 1642-1646. Burroughs was a member of the Westminster Assembly, and one of the few who opposed the Presbyterian majority. He was one of the Five Dissenting Brethren who put their names to the Independent manifesto, An Apologetical Narration, in early 1644. He was one of the most distinguished of the English Independents, and one of the most moderate, acting in accordance with the motto on his study door (in Latin and Greek): "Opinionum varietas et opinantium unitas non sunt ασυστατα (asustata)" — "Difference of belief and unity of believers are not inconsistent." He gave these sermons in late summer, 1645. Burroughs was then serving in the Westminster Assembly, helping to prepare the Westminster Confession of Faith which would be published the following year, 1646. That’s the context of these sermons. And that’s the context of the final sermon in this book, “The Saints Duty in Times of Extremity.” On November 13, 1646, Burroughs died of complications resulting from a fall from his horse two weeks earlier, on his way back from the Westminster Assembly. Samuel Bolton took his place in the Assembly. As a postscript to this history, in 1660 the monarchy of England was restored under Charles II. Two years later, the Act of Uniformity was passed. It led to the Great Ejection, when 2000 Puritan preachers were forced from their pulpits and their positions, for failing to accept the revised Book of Common Prayer with its Catholic practices. They were forbidden to preach, teach, or even pray in public with others. Many went to prison; others fled to the Continent; still others to America. They had been living in fear, in the middle of a bloody Civil War, faced with danger at every turn. They needed to find the peace, security, and contentment that God alone can provide. There is no safe harbor on earth. That’s a truth which every generation of God’s people should take to heart, including our own. And that’s Burroughs message to us in this series. May this buoy your spirits, freshen your mind, and renew your confidence in our Mighty God. He goes before us, and He goes behind, as we daily go about the work of our Lord Jesus Christ.