In their own words : letters from Norwegian immigrants / edited, translated and introduced by Solveig Zempel.
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- 0816618593
- 9780816618590
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | North Dakota Collection | 305.8398 I35 | Not for loan | 33111011268386 |
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.
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.