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Dave Kenney

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in St. Paul, Minnesota, The United States

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, History

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December 2013

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Dave Kenney is a novelist, freelance writer, and two-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award.

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Average rating: 3.99 · 169 ratings · 33 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Minnesota in the '70s by Dave Kenney (Goodreads Author), Thomas Saylor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minnesota Goes to War: The Home Front during World War II by Dave Kenney (Goodreads Author), Wendell R. Anderson (Foreword) 3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northern Lights: The Stories of Minnesota's Past, 2nd Edition by Dave Kenney (Goodreads Author), Hillary Wackman, Nancy O'Brien Wagner 3.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twin Cities Picture Show: A Century of Moviegoing 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twin Cities Album 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grain Merchants: An Illustrated History of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gustavus: 150 Years of History 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Honor Bright: A Century of Scouting in Northern Star Council it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	50 Years of Music: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra by Dave Kenney (Goodreads Author), Dave Kenny liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Normandale Japanese Garden: Celebrating a Dream 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nothing gets an author more jazzed than seeing their book’s cover for the first time—except maybe sharing that cover with the rest of the world. The cover reveal has become an unavoidable staple of the publishing process, much as the gender reveal has established itself as an annoying parenting rite of passage. A few weeks ago, I gave into the cover reveal temptation when I took to Substack an

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Dave Kenney made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — This book is not mine, please move it (part 20) topic " Hi. Please remove the book Actualized Recovery https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... from my author page. The co-author shares my name but is not m ...more "
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