About Dakota Attitude
The 617 stories that make up Dakota Attitude come from Jim Puppe’s treks to every North Dakota town and his interviews of residents in each. These stories, told in North Dakotans’ own words, reveal a spirit of resilience—a Dakota attitude—personally conceived, adopted, and applied during each storyteller’s life. Whether the stories evolved while fighting on foreign shores, facing bad crops or weather, surviving tragedies, or pursuing (and achieving) dreams, reading them will inspire, enlighten, and entertain.