Ralph K. Andrist

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Bio:

Ralph Kenneth Andrist was born January 11, 1914 in Crookstone, MN. He passed away September, 19th 2004. He graduated with Magna Cum Laude w/major in journalism from University of Minnesota in 1935. He was a Lt. on carrier Tulagi in WWII in both European & Pacific arenas. Ralph K. Andrist was a renowned as scholar and radio journalist and author.

Books:

He edited many famous books. Some of them are:

• The Long Death : The Last Days of the Plains Indian
• To the Pacific With Lewis and Clark (American Heritage Junior Library)
• American Century: One Hundred Years of Changing Life Styles in America.
• The American Heritage History of the 1920s and 1930s
• American Heritage History of the Confident Years
• The American Heritage History of the Making of the Nation, 1783-1860
• Andrew Jackson, Soldier and Statesman
• California Gold Rush
• California Gold Rush (American Heritage Junior Library)
• The Erie Canal (American Heritage Junior Library)
• Heroes of Polar Exploration
• Steamboats on the Mississippi
• Steamboats on the Mississippi (American Heritage Junior Library)

Critique on his books: Steamboats on the Mississippi

Web page edited by Willi@Andrist.com  May 31, 1998; updated based on e-mail from Dick Miller Sept., 30th 2004