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One Book Northland Announces 2023 Book Choice:
The Wolf’s Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told by Wolves
by Dr. Thomas D. Peacock
DULUTH, MN - 2023 marks the 22nd year the One Book project has brought Northland communities together to celebrate reading. The One Book Northland committee is pleased to announce that this year's selected title is The Wolf’s Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told by Wolves by local author Dr. Thomas D. Peacock.
Dr. Thomas Peacock tells a story some of us are familiar with but in a very different way. The Wolf’s Trail tells of Zhi-shay’, an elder wolf, and a litter of young wolves living somewhere on the side of a hill overlooking the river that flows through Nagahchiwanong in northern Minnesota. Zhi-shay’, who knows the whole story of the parallel relationship between wolves and the Ojibwe going all the way back to the Beginning, sharing it with his nieces and nephews, and us. Replete with universal lessons, The Wolf’s Trail is the story of the Ojibwe, told by wolves, of what they were and have become, and the promise of their becoming.
In 2023, the Duluth Public Library, along with the Cloquet Public Library, Superior Public Library, Two Harbors Public Library, Barnes & Noble, Bookstore at Fitger’s, UMD Kathryn A. Martin Library, Zenith Bookstore, and many other amazing businesses around the area will host events during the month of April. These events will be unique and deepen our understanding and connection to The Wolf’s Trail.
Look for a complete program guide this spring at any of these locations: Duluth Public Library, Cloquet Public Library, Superior Public Library, Two Harbors Public Library, UMD Kathryn A. Martin Library, Bookstore at Fitger’s, Barnes & Noble, and Zenith Bookstore.
The One Book Northland committee includes representatives from the community, Duluth Public Library, Cloquet Public Library, Superior Public Library, Two Harbors Public Library, University of Minnesota Duluth, the College of St. Scholastica, Superior Save the Kids, Barnes & Noble, Bookstore at Fitger’s, and Zenith Bookstore.
Previous One Book Northland titles
| 2022 | Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong by Linda Legarde Grover |
| 2021 | The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead |
| 2020 | Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson |
| 2019 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling |
| 2018 | The Wind and the Drum by Katharine Johnson |
| 2017 | Locally Laid: How We Built a Plucky, Industry-Changing Egg Farm - From Scratch by Lucie Amundsen |
| 2016: | The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown |
| 2015: | The Dance Boots by Linda LeGarde Grover |
| 2014: | The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway |
| 2013: | Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland |
| 2012: | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot |
| 2011: | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford |
| 2010: | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver |
| 2009 | Population 485 by Michael Perry |
| 2008: | Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson |
| 2007: | The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan |
| 2006: | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| 2005: | Frankenstein by Mary Shelley |
| 2004: | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain |
| 2003: | Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom |
| 2002: | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
