Jim Klobuchar
Encyclopedia
Jim Klobuchar is a Minnesota
journalist, author, and travel guide. He wrote for the Star Tribune
in Minneapolis for three decades, and now writes an occasional column for the Christian Science Monitor. He is the father of Senator
Amy Klobuchar
.
He was born in Minnesota
to Mary and Michael Klobuchar. All of his grandparents were from Yugoslavia
.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
journalist, author, and travel guide. He wrote for the Star Tribune
Star Tribune
The Star Tribune is the largest newspaper in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is published seven days each week in an edition for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. A statewide version is also available across Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota. The...
in Minneapolis for three decades, and now writes an occasional column for the Christian Science Monitor. He is the father of Senator
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Jean Klobuchar is the senior United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party...
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He was born in Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
to Mary and Michael Klobuchar. All of his grandparents were from Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
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Books
- Will America Accept Love at Halftime?, Ross & Haines, 1992
- Pursued by Grace: A Newspaperman's Own Story of Spiritual Recovery, Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1998.
- Minstrel: My Adventure in Newspapering, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
- The Cross Under the Acacia Tree: The Story of David and Eunice Simonson's Epic Mission in Africa, Minneapolis: Kirk House Publishers, 1999.
- Knights and Knaves of Autumn: 40 Years of Pro Football and the Minnesota Vikings, Cambridge, Minnesota: Adventure Publications, 2000.
- Sixty Minutes with God, Kirk House, 2003. ISBN 1886513783
- Walking Briskly Toward the Sunset, Nodin Press, 2005.
- True Hearts and Purple Heads