Kings of the North: Photographs and History of the Minnesota Vikings

(Hardback)

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• Market: Minnesotans are passionate about their football team: the Vikings generated 448 million dollars in revenue in 2019
• In 2020, the Vikings contended for the playoffs into December, so there should be plenty of buzz leading into the 2021 season and beyond
• Fills market need for high-quality Minnesota Vikings history book
• Summary of every Minnesota football season, from 1961 to 2020
• The authors picks for every all-decade team
• Full-color photographs throughout the book show the Vikings in action
• Garnish illustrations of some of the fans favorite players
• Author is an award-winning teacher, historian, and political analyst for KTTC (the NBC-affiliated television station in Rochester, MN)
• The books release is timelyjust in time for football seasonand the holidays, too, as this book will make a great gift
• Massive value: beautiful product with coffee-table appeal

Author Bio

Chad Israelson grew up in La Crescent, Minnesota, and began following the Minnesota Vikings at five years old. He also developed an early love of history. Chad earned a BA from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. In 1995, he graduated with an MA from the University of Nebraska. For the past 25 years, he has been a history instructor at Rochester Community and Technical College in southeast Minnesota, winning Outstanding Educator twice and serving as faculty president for six years. In addition, he taught history courses for Augsburg and Winona State universities. Chad serves as political analyst for KTTC, Rochesters NBC-affiliated television station, and he was a columnist for the Rochester Post-Bulletin. In 2015, Chad co-authored The Political World of Bob Dylan. He lives in Rochester with his wife of nearly 30 years. They raised two sons together.