In their own words : letters from Norwegian immigrants /
In their own words : letters from Norwegian immigrants /
edited, translated and introduced by Solveig Zempel.
- xviii, 225 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- Sources of letters and photographs -- A peripatetic schoolteacher : Andreas Hjerpeland : 1871-1893 -- A single woman in Illinois : Berta Serina Kingestad : 1885-1893 -- An urban Norwegian in the Red River Valley : Gunnar Høst : 1883-1905 -- An unhappy immigrant returns home : Hans Øverland : 1887-1893 -- A family moves to Wisconsin : Barbro Ramseth : 1888-1904 -- Politics and gold mining on the West Coast : Hans Hansen and Sivert Øien : 1890-1913 -- A Chicago mother : Bergljot Anker Nilssen : 1923-1929 -- A Brooklyn builder : Christ Gundersen : 1908-1945 -- Maps -- Selected bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Letters translated, edited: schoolteacher, a single woman in Illinois, urban Norwegian in the Red River Valley, an unhappy immigrant returns to Norway, a family to Wisconsin, politics and gold mining on the west coast, a Chicago mother, a Brooklyn builder.
0816618585 9780816618583 0816618593 9780816618590
90011012
GB9037948 bnb
Norwegian Americans--Correspondence.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- Sources of letters and photographs -- A peripatetic schoolteacher : Andreas Hjerpeland : 1871-1893 -- A single woman in Illinois : Berta Serina Kingestad : 1885-1893 -- An urban Norwegian in the Red River Valley : Gunnar Høst : 1883-1905 -- An unhappy immigrant returns home : Hans Øverland : 1887-1893 -- A family moves to Wisconsin : Barbro Ramseth : 1888-1904 -- Politics and gold mining on the West Coast : Hans Hansen and Sivert Øien : 1890-1913 -- A Chicago mother : Bergljot Anker Nilssen : 1923-1929 -- A Brooklyn builder : Christ Gundersen : 1908-1945 -- Maps -- Selected bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Letters translated, edited: schoolteacher, a single woman in Illinois, urban Norwegian in the Red River Valley, an unhappy immigrant returns to Norway, a family to Wisconsin, politics and gold mining on the west coast, a Chicago mother, a Brooklyn builder.
0816618585 9780816618583 0816618593 9780816618590
90011012
GB9037948 bnb
Norwegian Americans--Correspondence.