A different sort of review: as a professional Minnesotan, I've written, with purpose, on 10 Minnesotans I can identify in the book. Bryson, being an Iowan, must look up to Minnesota. While he includes Frank B Kellogg's role in the Harding - Coolidge cabinet as Secretary of State, he doesn't mention his Minnesota roots. The other nine, the most famous being Lindbergh, F Scott Fitzgerald, and Sinclair Lewis, he identifies as Minnesotans. Here is that review: applemcg.wordpress.com/2016/04/