From America to Norway : Norwegian-American immigrant letters, 1838-1914 / edited and translated by...
From America to Norway : Norwegian-American immigrant letters, 1838-1914 / edited and translated by...
From America to Norway : Norwegian-American immigrant letters, 1838-1914 / edited and translated by Orm Øverland.
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Northfield, Minn. : Norwegian-American Historical Association ; Minneapolis, Minn. : Distributed by the University of Minnesota Press, 2012-
Date
2012-
Call Numbers
G 2013/2529
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Language
English
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Contents
v.1. 1838-1870.
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Publisher
Northfield, Minn. : Norwegian-American Historical Association ; Minneapolis, Minn. : Distributed by the University of Minnesota Press, 2012-
Place of Publication
Minnesota
Date Published
2012-
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Summary
Seeking economic improvement or a fresh start, following family or news of a land of opportunity, Norwegians left their homeland for America in great numbers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They settled in Pennsylvania and Illinois and moved on to Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakotas, finding in the preire or prærie a promis...
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From America to Norway : Norwegian-American immigrant letters, 1838-1914 / edited and translated by Orm Øverland.
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"Based on a Norwegian edition in seven volumes, Fra Amerika til Norge"--Jacket.
Comprehensive indexes and appendixes for the collection are forthcoming in volume 4. An online index is available at www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/currentpubs.htm.
Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. 469-472)...
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Biographical note
Orm Øverland is professor emeritus of American literature at the University of Bergen in Norway. Among his books are The Western Home: A Literary History of Norwegian America and Immigrant Minds, American Identities: Making the United States Home, 1870-1930.
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G 2013/2529
Record Identifier
74VKZ2vR80dM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKZ2vR80dM
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ISBN
0816685177 (hardcover)
9780816685172 (hardcover)
DDC
304.87304814
MMS ID
991018527849702626
