Small town Minnesota, A to Z

"Tony Andersen's paean to small towns in his home state of Minnesota began as an exericise in photography. His goal was to photograph twenty-six randomly selected towns, one for each letter of the alphabet. His simple criteria was that these towns have a population of under one thousand and be evenly distributed throughout the state. ... [Andersen] came away with a profound appreciation not only of rural life but also of the kindness innate in all of us ..."--Cover flap.