From America to Norway: Norwegian-American Immigrant Letters 1838-1914, Volume II: 1871-1892
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Published: 25th November 2014
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Publishing Details
From America to Norway: Norwegian-American Immigrant Letters 1838-1914, Volume II: 1871-1892
By (Author) Orm verland
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
25th November 2014
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
European history
History of the Americas
304.873048109034
Physical Properties
Hardback
480
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 25mm
Description
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 "praerie" a p
Author Bio
Orm verland 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.
