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Sue Leaf
Sue Leaf, a Minnesota native, was trained as a zoologist and taught environmental science. She writes on natural history and environmental topics from her home on the shores of Pioneer Lake. An avid hiker, paddler, cross-country skier, and bird watcher, Leaf believes that being attuned to nature is good for the soul.
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Bibliography
Impermanence: Life and Loss on Superior’s South Shore (University of Minnesota Press, 2024)
Minnesota’s Geologist: the Life of Newton Horace Winchell (University of Minnesota Press, 2020)
Portage: A Family, a Canoe and the Search for the Good Life (University of Minnesota Press, 2015)
A Love Affair with Birds: the Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts (University of Minnesota Press, 2013)
The Bullhead Queen: a Year on Pioneer Lake (University of Minnesota Press, 2009)
Potato City: Nature, History and Community in the Age of Sprawl (Borealis Books, Minnesota Historical Society, 2004)

