Contents
Foreword Senator Tom Harkin vii
Acknowledgments XXX
1. Prelude to a Protest 3
2. The Powerline Is Coming 25
3. The Public Participates: The State Decides 55
Profile: Jim Nelson 128
4. On the Brink of Violence 135
Profile: Virgil Fuchs 149
Profile: Ben Herickoff 154
5. A Populist Governor 165
Profile: John and Alice Tripp 192
6. Confrontation on the Prairie 201
Profile: Math and Gloria Woida 227
Profile: George Crocker 234
7. Who Sacrifices, Who Benefits, and Who Decides? 241
Profile: Dick Hanson 258
Profile: Patty Kakac 265
8. The Towers Go Up: The Towers Come Down 273
Epilogue 311
Glossary 313
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Energy policy Minnesota, Energy policy Citizen participation, Farmers Minnesota Political activity, Power resources Minnesota