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News About Gordon

Honorary Chapter FFA Degree from the University of Minnesota Crookston Collegiate FFA for preserving Farm Heritage and promoting Agricultural Literacy through literature.

Article about Gordon in the Redwood Falls Gazette. Click HERE.

Review of A Farm Country Silo Filling
by Mary Ann Grossman in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sunday, December 20, 2015. Click HERE.

Article about Gordon in the
AgriNews. Click HERE.

Article about Gordon in the Pioneer Press. Click HERE.

Review  by Jeri L. Dobrowski in Cowboy Jam Session: Western Culture News & Reviews. Click HERE.

Article in St. Paul Pioneer Press, "A former farm kid shares his stories of growing up in Lakeville." Click HERE.
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Prologue to Farm 
Country Tales
Imagine an era
that’s diff’rent from now,
When times were not better,
but pleasing, somehow.
It’s the year 1950,
when farming was done
By Mother and Father
and Daughter and Son.

by Gordon W. Fredrickson

Read more...
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Reader Views Literary Award Winners

If I Were a Farmer Awarded first place in the children – toddler to 5 category

Farm Country Halloween Awarded second place in the children – early reader (6 to 8)

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Events Calendar, a complete list of scheduled events including Farm Heritage Programs & Farm Heritage Displays

Sunday, August 13, 2017, 11:00 AM
            Farm Heritage presentation & book performance
            State Capitol Grand Reopening Celebration
            Book Time - Kids Zone Events
            Minnesota State Capitol
            St. Paul, MN

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, August 25-27, 2017,  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
             Farm Heritage Photo Display & Book Sales
             Preuhs Building
             LeSueur County Pioneer Power Show
             LeSueur, MN

August 24 through September 4, 2017, 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
              Table top book project - If I Were a Farmer: Nancy's Adventure
              Setting of book built by the students of Hilltop Primary School, Mound, MN
              On Display in the
              Education Building
              Minnesota State Fair Grounds
              St. Paul, MN

November 11, 2017, exact time to be determined
              Farm Heritage presentation, book sales & autographing
              Upper Midwest A-C Club Fall Membership Banquet
              Hutchinson, MN

Saturday, December 2, 2017, 10:00 Am - 3:00 PM
              Book Sales & Autographing
              All Saints Catholic School Craft Fair
              Lakeville, MN 

Sunday, December 3, 2017, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
              Book Sales & Autographing
              Hometown Holidays; Celebrating European Traditions
              New Prague Park Ballroom
              New Prague, MN