TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zempel,Solveig
TI  - In their own words: letters from Norwegian immigrants 
SN  - 0816618585
PY  - 1991///]
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - University of Minnesota Press in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association
KW  - Norwegian Americans
KW  - Correspondence
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index; 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 --; 8; A Brooklyn builder : Christ Gundersen : 1908-1945 --; Maps --; Selected bibliography --; Index
N2  - 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
ER  -