Valley City  (VCSU)  Terry Shoptaugh, Ph.D., will present “Sons of the Wild Jackass: The Nonpartisan League in North Dakota” at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 22, at the Barnes County Museum.

Shoptaugh, professor emeritus at Minnesota State University Minnesota, has recently authored a book with the same title as his presentation. The book chronicles the farmers’ revolt in North Dakota, from which developed the Nonpartisan League in 1915 that changed the power dynamic of agriculture in the state.

Part of season 21 of the Barnes County Historical Society Lecture Series, the event is open to the public free of charge.