- In this 1989 photo, author Paul Gruchow poses for a photo in Blue Mounds State Park near Luverne, Minn. When Gruchow died by suicide in 2004, he left seven eloquently written books that link humans with nature in an almost spiritual way. Now this native Minnesotan's award-winning literary legacy is completed with publication of "Letters to a Young Madman," a new memoir about Gruchow's nearly lifelong struggle with depression. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press) MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE OUT
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