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Best Book in the Last Year

Hillsider by Don Ness

During his last months as Duluth Mayor, Don Ness spent a good amount of time promoting his book Hillsider. It’s not uncommon to see an author do a book signing at the book store at Fitger’s, but Ness was traveling all around the area doing book signings. On top of making sure his book got out there, it’s a darn good book. It’s not a boring amorphous blob of black and white. If Ness was going for interesting and entertaining, that’s how the book ended up. There are plenty of visual aids, pictures and illustrations to go along with his essays and memoirs that make the book kind of fun to read. “My approach is pretty simple - whether its my time in office or writing the book: step one, look for opportunities to bring attention to Duluthians doing amazing things in our city. Step two, try not to screw things up,” stated Ness about putting together the book and his political career. Our readers think that Ness definitely managed to not screw this book up.

Runner Up: Amethyst and Agate: Poems of Lake Superior - Edited by Jim Perlman, Deborah Cooper, Mara Hart & Pamela Mittlefehldt