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In their own words : letters from Norwegian immigrants / edited, translated and introduced by Solveig Zempel.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Norwegian Americans--Correspondence.
- Norwegians--United States.
- Norway--Emigration and immigration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association, c1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Forming an engaging, colorful mosaic of voices from the immigrant experience, this collection of letters offers a unique perspective on historical events as well as the experience of everyday life.
- Contents:
- Contents; 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 BibliographyIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8342-5
- OCLC:
- 171126529
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