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1 online resource (195 pages) : map |
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A Cambridge Education; From Colony to Homeland; A Beautiful Day in Hell; "Screw Yourself" at IKEA; Janteloven; The Chest; Munch Is Dårlig; Aliens; Living the Norwegian Dream; Porridge Night; Norsk Course; A to Å; Cabin Culture; A True Norwegian; Paul Bunyan's Blacksmith?; "Take Everything for Good Fish"; A Free Upbringing; Columbus Was Norwegian; On the Meat Bus; Bargain Babies; Earth Mothers at the Sick House; The Name of the Devil; Mørketid: The Dark Time; Tran!; Rakfisk: Riskier Than Lutefisk; Juletid; Fish in Lye; Born Wearing Skis; "The World's Most Beautiful Voyage." |
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Snowbound in BodøThe Knitting Hall of Fame; Døping the Baby; In Cod We Trust; Syttende Mai: Constitution Day; You Can't Eat Beauty; Acknowledgments; Snakker Du Norsk? |
| Summary |
Eric Dregni's great-grandfather Ellef fled Norway in 1893 when it was the poorest country in Europe. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson traveled back to find that--mostly due to oil and natural gas discoveries--it is now the richest. The circumstances of his return were serendipitous, as the notice that Dregni won a Fulbright Fellowship to go there arrived the same week as the knowledge that his wife Katy was pregnant. Braving a birth abroad and benefiting from a remarkably generous health care system, the Dregnis' family came full circle when their son Eilif was born in Norwa |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Dregni, Eric, 1968- -- Travel -- Norway
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| SUBJECT |
Dregni, Eric, 1968- fast (OCoLC)fst01924902 |
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National characteristics, Norwegian.
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TRAVEL.
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Manners and customs.
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National characteristics, Norwegian.
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Travel.
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Norway -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092698
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Norway -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092636
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Norway.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816666379 |
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0816666377 |
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