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GIANTS IN THE EARTH - Ole Rolvaag is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of some of the finest stories of Norwegian immigration. Peder Victorious and Their Father's God are sequals to Giants in the Earth.
Giants in the Earth  $10.40
Peder Victorious  $12.76
Their Father's God
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THE BOAT OF LONGING - Chronicles the experiences of a sensitive young Norwegian immigrant to Minnesota and deals with the human cost of immigration. The book sharply contrasts a poetic vision of the homeland with the stark reality of life among the poor in Minneapolis in the 1910s. $8.76 |
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NEW LAND, NEW LIVES - tells in their own words the experiences of 45 immigrants (28 of them women) in the early years of the 20th century. Rasmussen's selections capture the textures and tones of ordinary life. They show how the cultures the immigrants had known in the Old World influenced . . . life in the Pacific Northwest. $24.95 |
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THE EMIGRANTS - Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish pioneers in America. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels. First published between 1949 and 1959 in Swedish, these four books were considered a single work by Moberg, who intended that they be read as documentary novels. $12.76
Volume Two - Unto a Good Land $12.76
Volume Three - The Settlers $12.76
Volume Four - Last Letter Home $12.76 |
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HEIKKI HEIKKINEN - The Finns of Michigan's UP are profiled by Lauri Anderson, who describes their comic aspects and tragic moments. Featured is Heikki, eighty years old, fond of beer, fishing, and potatoes, suspicious of barbeque grills and loathing of his smartass nephew from Lansing. $12.95 |
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS - LETTERS FROM NORWEGIAN IMMIGRANTS, A marvelous collection of letters from Nowegian immigrants to their families back home. Through these letters, the immigrants told their Norwegian families what is is really like to live in the new land, the pains, the challenges, the hopes and dreams. $39.95 |
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PRAIRIE SON - Set in rural Minnesota during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, this powerful memoir, with its unblinking depictions of poverty, natural disasters, and human frailty, tells a story as maeningful today as when it occurred. Faithfully researched and vividly retold by bestselling novelist Dennis M. Clausen, PRAIRIE SON is uniquely satisfying literature - facinating history informed with a suspenseful narrative of personal triumph. $16.00 |
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GRASS OF THE EARTH - An engaging, richly detailed biography of a family of Norwegian immigrant homesteaders in eastern North Dakota in the late 1800's. $23.95 |
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SWEDISH EXODUS - is an indespensible reference for Swedish researchers. Why Swedes came to America, how they mananged it, where they emigrated, how many came during each year of the mass migration, how many remigrated each year, how many came from each major Swedish district, and how they did in America. It outlines the consequences of the emigration on Sweden. Nicely indexed, with useful bibliography. $14.95 |
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THE COTTER'S SON - A STORY FROM SIGDAL: This book is considered the most popular Norwegian-American novel, and the publication of this edition makes it available in English for only the second time. First written in 1884 in America by Norwegian immigrant H.A. Foss, this book has enjoyed great popularity among Norwegians, as evidenced by the 16 editions that have been published in Norwegian. It tells the story of Ole Haugen, the son of the poor cotter (farm workers who lived in the small cottages on large European farms) and the love of the rich farmer's daughter. $12.95 |
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THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH SERIES! Set in the harsh Dakota territory, the immigrants sustained by their faith began to tame a new land - howerver not without struggles and hardships. $8.70
An Untamed Land - Volume One
A New Day Rising - Volume Two
A Land to Call Home - Volume Three
Reaper's Song - Volume Four
Tender Mercies - Volume Five
Blessing in Disguise - Volume Six |
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NOTHING TO DO BUT STAY - Storytelling in the best rural tradition, devoid of romanticism and sentimentality, the details of everyday life revealing the characters and the meaning of events. This clear-purposed heroine, blessedly unfettered in her strength of character, makes one feel good again, principled and purposeful. Any whining yuppie who thinks a rough day of work means spending 12 hours in front of a spreadsheet needs to read this book. $10.36 |
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THE JOURNAL OF OTTO PELTONEN: In 1905 Otto Peltonen, his two younger sisters, and their mother leave their home in Finland and travel to Hibbing, Minnesotta, to join their father, an iron miner there. Although their conditions are miserable and men die daily, Otto and his father work toward the day when they will have saved enough money to buy a farm of their own. $8.76 |
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