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Paperback
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Paperback
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by Ole Rølvaag
Written in 1929, Peder Victorious, subtitled "A Tale of the Pioneers Twenty Years Later," is the second book in this trilogy and brings the immigrants into the twentieth century. For Rølvaag's second generation of "vikings of the prairie," the battle against the land has been won, but they are faced ... ... more
A novel inspired by Rolfrud's immigrant mother. Fiction based upon experiences of single women and widows who homesteaded, often beginning in sod huts. ... more
by Vilhelm Moberg
Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg chronicled the joys and tragedies of Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson's lives as early Swedish pioneers in America. First published between 1949 and 1959 in Swedish, the four books were considered a single work by Moberg, who intended that they be ... ... more
Immigrant homesteaders speak only Norwegian causing interesting situations. Writings about children's games, escapades, school and work. ... more