Ahoy there, mateys!

Arrrhhhh ...... you looking for adventure.........excitement? Do you long for a life that is free from the restrictions, limitations, and boredom of everyday life? Would you like to travel to exotic places and see the world? Can you see yourself at sea, with the wind blowing through your hair as you scan the horizon with your spyglass from high up in the crow’s nest of your ship, looking for treasure-laden Spanish galleons to prey upon? Would you like to learn how to fight with a cutlass or be trained as part of a gun crew, firing the ship’s massive cannons? If so . . .

It’s the Pirate’s life for you!

But, not so fast, me hearty! What exactly is a pirate? Is a pirate’s life everything that you have been led to believe? Do books and movies about pirates give us an accurate picture of what it was really like to be one? What is life aboard a ship really like? What were the dangers of pirating? Perhaps you had better look a little closer into the world of the pirate before you jump aboard. You can learn everything you need to know in...

Pirates: Predators of the Seas

This presentation is for people of all ages. Presenter, Arn Kind, will separate the myths from the facts about piracy, from ancient times to modern day pirates. He will get down to the nitty gritty of what piracy was, and is all about.

Topics eligible for all (1.5 to 5 hour) presentation lengths

Birth of a Our Nation: The Revolutionary War

The Divided Union: The American Civil War

The World at War: WWII

Minnesota’s Fabulous Firsts

Topics eligible for shorter (1.5 to 3 hour) presentation lengths

The Viking Age

The French Voyageur in the Fur Trade

Pirates: Predators of the Sea

Minnesota in the American Civil War

The Northfield Bank Raid: Minnesotan's Foil the James-Younger Gang

The Great War: World War I

Minnesota's Wild and Woolly Prohibition Days

Lucky Lindy

The U.S.S. Ward: Minnesotan's Fire the First Shot in the Pacific War

D-Day, June 6, 1944: Operation Overlord

Liberators and The Holocaust

Korea: The Forgotten War

Minnesota & the Vietnam War

Most of the topics can be presented with an emphasis on what part Minnesota played in them.

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Presentation Fees

Presentations range from 1.5 hour to 5 hour-all day-immersion experiences. 1.5 to 3 hours is the most common length. Presentation length can be adapted to suit your needs.

Short presentation (1.5 to 3 hours long) $700 plus mileage*

Multiple Short presentations (Same topic, one location) Multiple presentations of the same topic, same day, for additional groups of people. $950 plus mileage* for entire day.

Multiple Short presentations - (Same topic, multiple locations requiring set up and take-(down) $700 per presentation plus mileage*.

Full Day Presentation (5 hours long) - Full day, immersion presentations allow time for in-depth study and understanding, they are very popular among teachers, who call them "History Field Trip days". $950 plus mileage*

* Mileage is calculated at the current I.R.S. rate of $0.67 per mile round-trip from Mankato, MN (presenter’s residence) to the presentation site and back.

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