| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 225 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- Sources of Letters and Photographs -- 1. A Peripatetic Schoolteacher: Andreas Hjerpeland: 1871-1893 -- 2. A Single Woman in Illinois: Berta Serina Kingestad: 1885-1893 -- 3. An Urban Norwegian in the Red River Valley: Gunnar Høst: 1883-1905 -- 4. An Unhappy Immigrant Returns Home: Hans Øverland: 1887-1893 -- 5. A Family Moves to Wisconsin: Barbro Ramseth: 1888-1904 -- 6. Politics and Gold Mining on the West Coast: Hans Hansen and Sivert Øien: 1890 -- 1913 -- 7. A Chicago Mother: Bergljot Anker Nilssen: 1923-1929 |
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8. A Brooklyn Builder: Christ Gundersen: 1908-1945 -- Maps -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W |
| Summary |
Forming an engaging, colorful mosaic of voices from the immigrant experience, this collection of letters offers a unique perspective on historical events as well as the experience of everyday life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Norwegian Americans -- Correspondence
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Norwegians -- United States.
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Emigration and immigration
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Norwegian Americans
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Norwegians
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| SUBJECT |
Norway -- Emigration and immigration
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| Subject |
Norway
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zempel, Solveig.
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| LC no. |
90011012 |
| ISBN |
9780816618590 |
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0816618593 |
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0816683425 |
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9780816683420 |
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