A chronicle of Old Muskego : the diary of Søren Bache, 1839-1847 / translated and edited by Clarence A. Clausen and Andreas Elviken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bache, Søren, 1814-1890, author.

Contributor:

Clausen, Clarence Arthur, 1896- translator, editor.

Elviken, Andreas, 1898- translator, editor.

Series:

Publications of the Norwegian-American Historical Association

Publications of the Norwegian-American Historical Association.

Language:

English

Norwegian

Subjects (All):

Bache, Søren, 1814-1890--Diaries.

Bache, Søren.

Muskego Township (Wis.)--History--Sources.

Muskego Township (Wis.).

Norwegians--Wisconsin.

Norwegians.

Frontier and pioneer life--Wisconsin.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Wisconsin.

Genre:

Diaries.

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxi, 237 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimile, portrait ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Northfield, Minnesota : Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1951.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

I. To the promised land

II. Settling at Muskego

III. The long trip home

IV. Return to America

V. Ordaining a pioneer minister

VI. Sickness, misery, and frontier travels

VII. Summer and autumn rambles

VIII. Speaking of religion : Lutherans and Mormons

IX. A manifesto, a church dedication, and a critical observer

X. A debate with the pastor

XI. From neighbor to neighbor

XII. A business trip to Jefferson Prairie

XIII. To Madison for the Fourth of July

XIV. Launching the pioneer Norwegian-American newspaper

XV. And so farewell America

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Bache, Søren, 1814-1890. Chronicle of Old Muskego, the diary of Søren Bache, 1839-1847.

OCLC:

527298