June Drenning Holmquist; ed.
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Why did emigrants leave their homelands and move to Minnesota? Where in the state did they settle? What did they do, and how did they organize? How did they maintain their ethnicity? These are just a few of many deep questions addressed in this massive document making the subtitle, "A Survey of the State's Ethnic Groups", almost a misnomer. This is not "survey", as in quick scan or exit poll. This is an 8 1/2" X 11", 614-page tome with photos, illustrations, and charts covering 60 ethnic groups that settled in Minnesota. This is by far the largest and most expensive book carried by Rural Route Bookstore, and if it weren't worth the price, we wouldn't carry it. The various scholarly contributors read like a Who's Who of ethnic studies.
When published, the St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press wrote, "If you are a descendant of Icelanders or Lebanese, Greeks or Japanese, you will find interesting material in this book about your forebears and how it was when they settled in Minnesota." And yes, all five Scandinavian groups are covered in detail in this "must have" book for historian or genealogist.
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June Drenning Holmquist; ed.
Paperback
Why did emigrants leave their homelands and move to Minnesota? Where in the state did they settle? What did they do, and how did they organize? How did they maintain their ethnicity? These are just a few of many deep questions addressed in this massive document making the subtitle, "A Survey of ... ... more -
by Vilhelm Moberg
Book 3 focuses on Karl Oskar and Kristina as they adapt to their new homeland and struggle to survive on their new farm. ... moreby Vilhelm Moberg
Book 3 focuses on Karl Oskar and Kristina as they adapt to their new homeland and struggle to survive on their new farm. -
by Richard C. Lindberg
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This new book, copyright 2011, is a multigenerational tale of the Swedish-American experience. Lindberg — a first-generation, baby-boomer, Swedish American — has written an autobiography combining it with recent immigrant history and Swedish cultural history/politics, and has blended this with Chicago history focusing on how Chicago's Swedetoown became the center of ... ... moreby Richard C. Lindberg
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This new book, copyright 2011, is a multigenerational tale of the Swedish-American experience. Lindberg — a first-generation, baby-boomer, Swedish American — has written an autobiography combining it with recent immigrant history and Swedish cultural history/politics, and has blended this with Chicago history focusing on how Chicago's Swedetoown became the center of Swedish immigrants' social and cultural life. Themes are similar to Moberg's books that dealt with Swedish immigration 75 to 100 years earlier. This, Lindberg's 15th book, deals with immigration-related conflicts in the 1940s and '50s, the same time period in which Moberg's books were being published. Lindberg evokes a contemporary version of the haunted landscape of poverty and superstition from which his ancestors fled to America...only to suffer different demons in the new land. In the end his story is a redemptive one of endurance and survival. -
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by Peg Meier
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Beloved pets. Holiday rituals. Schoolyard antics. Teenage perspectives on a world at war. Childhood is a mixed bag of challenges and joys wherever one grows up. In Minnesota, youthful memories may be arranged seasonally: making snow angels in January, swatting mosquitoes in July. In this, her "Growing Up in Minnesota" collection, Peg Meier ... ... moreby Peg Meier
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Beloved pets. Holiday rituals. Schoolyard antics. Teenage perspectives on a world at war. Childhood is a mixed bag of challenges and joys wherever one grows up. In Minnesota, youthful memories may be arranged seasonally: making snow angels in January, swatting mosquitoes in July. In this, her "Growing Up in Minnesota" collection, Peg Meier — longtime and award-winning reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune — explores both bitter and the sweet themes of childhood. She has unearthed a wealth of material (diary entries, reminiscences, newspaper columns, photographs) from people who took the time to write whether as children in the moment, or as adults looking back. Humorous touches and reality checks are offered in equal doses, and the result is a fascinating array of experiences spanning the last 100-plus years.