Garrison Keillor. Me: By Jimmy (Big Boy) Valente. Viking Press, 1999. ISBN 067088796X
Tom Hauser. Inside the Ropes with Jesse Ventura. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. ISBN 0816641870
Jesse Ventura. I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up. ISBN 0375503323
| "Playboy" (USA) | March 2000, Vol. 47, Iss. 3, pg. 116-117+158-167, by: Lawrence Grobel, "Jesse II" |
| "Playboy" (USA) | November 1999, Vol. 46, Iss. 11, pg. 55-66+184-185, by: Lawrence Grobel, "Playboy Interview: Jesse Ventura" |
| "Parade" (USA) | 15 June 2003, pg. 18, by: James Brady, "In Step With: Jesse Ventura" |
| "Associated Press" (USA) | 18 June 2002, pg. (online), by: Brian Bakst, "Jesse Ventura Will Not Seek 2nd Term" |
| "Life" (USA) | March 1999, Vol. 22, Iss. 3, pg. 56-58+61+62, by: Neal Karlen, "Governor headlock" |
| "Newsweek" (USA) | 15 February 1999, pg. 30-32, by: Matt Bai, "Ventura's First Round" |
| "Publishers Weekly" (USA) | 31 March 2008, by: Dermot McEvoy, "Skyhorse Is Set to Ride Jesse Ventura to Fame and Fortune" |
| "The Star Tribune" (USA) | 20 May 2008, by: Nick Coleman, "A Straight-Talking Dynamo Who's Perfect for Senate" |
| "St. Paul Pioneer Press" (USA) | 10 July 2008, by: Frederic J. Frommer, "Jesse Ventura Denies Reports He's Running for Senate" |
| "Minneapolis Star Tribune" (USA) | 15 July 2008, by: Kevin Duchschere and Patricia Lopez, "Did Jesse Ventura Shock the World? Not This Time" |
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