News About Gordon
FFA Degree

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

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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)

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

Saturday, October 6, 2017, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
             Book sales & autographing
             Autumn Fare
             Scott County Fair Grounds
             Jordan, MN

Saturday, October 13, 2018, times to be determined
               Farm Heritage presentation & book performance
               Book sales & autographing
               Fall Festival
               Bloomington Historical Society
               Bloomington , MN

Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM
              Farm Heritage presentation & book performance A Farm Country Halloween
              Grade 1
              Chatfield Elementary School
              Belle Plaine, MN

Friday, October 19, 2018, 1:00 PM
              Farm Heritage presentation & book performance A Farm Country Halloween
              Residents & pre-school students
              The Legacy of Farmington
              Farmington, MN

Saturday, November 24, 2018, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
              Book Sales & Autographing
              Old World Christmas Market
              Our Czech Heritage Club
              K-C Hall
              New Prague, MN

Sunday, December 2, 2018, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
              Book Sales & Autographing
              Hometown Holidays
              Domaci
              Park Ballroom
              New Prague, MN

Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM
              Farm Heritage presentation & book performance A Farm Country Christmas Eve
              Grade 1
              Chatfield Elementary School
              Belle Plaine, MN

Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:00 AM - 11:AM
             Farm Heritage presentation & book performance at 10:30 AM
             Book sales & autographing
             Family Farm Fest
             Christ Lutheran School
             North St. Paul, MN

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, July 19, 20, 21, 2019, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
              Book sales & autographing
              Credit River Antique Tractor Club Show
              Cedar Lake Farm Park
              New Prague, MN

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, August 23, 24, 25, 2019, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
             Farm Heritage Photo Display
             Book sales & autographing
             Le Sueur County Pioneer Power Show
             Preuhs Building
             Le Sueur, MN