Rod Searle Book: Minnesota Standoff. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9 1/4". Description: yellow glossy card stock cover with graphic caricatures of two men on a see-saw balanced on the dome of the Minnesota Capitol building; contents: 139 pages explaining the 1978-1979 political deadlock that arose within the Minnesota House of Representatives when the election of that year resulted in an equal number of representatives from both parties; the author recounts how the negotiation was worked through over a period of about three months; this book is signed by the author with a note to Rick and Sheila Morris: "To Rick and Sheila, wonderful couple who help to make Waseca the great place it is. Thanks for the friendship. Rod Searle, Oct. 1990".
