"Robert Mc Dowell has written the quintessential history of Lutsen in this handy paperback. The book is full of fascinating historical photographs and documents...as well as lots of anecdotes and memories of those who carved a world out of the wilderness." - Joan Farnam, Northern Wilds Newspaper, June 2012 Lutsen is Minnesota's heartbeat. Sometimes gentle and reassuring as a civilized small town should be. Sometimes on edge, knowing untamed wilderness lies on one side with the cold frowning depths of Lake Superior on the other. Only a thin ribbon of road stops the town from being engulfed....