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Boathouses of Lake Minnetonka
Karen Melvin and Melinda Nelson
2017
A photographic look inside nearly three dozen Lake Minnetonka boathouses, with accounts of the families who built them and the owners who care for them. Contemporary interiors and older photographs sit together, showing how these small waterfront buildings have changed.
The appeal is in the details: places built close to the water, shaped by boats, summer routines and the owners' imaginations. It is a book about design and life on the lake as much as preservation.