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Primarily letters to her parents in Hallingdal, Norway, written between 1892 and 1923 by Sigrid Gjeldaker Lillehaugen who immigrated to the United States where she joined her husband Tosten in Minnesota, and in 1888 homesteaded in Dakota Territory.
When Scandinavian immigrants and Dakota Indians lived side by side on a turn-of-the-century reservation, each struggled independently to preserve their language and culture. Despite this shared struggle, European settlers expanded their land ownership throughout the period while Native Americans were marginalized on the reservations intended for them. Karen Hansen captures this moment through distinctive, uniquely American voices.
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The author recounts her experiences growing up in North Dakota from 1928 to 1937 the years of the Dust bowl and Depression
A pioneering study that examines the social, cultural, and religious development of Norwegian Americans in the agricultural communities of rural Minnesota.
Explores the vital role of women in the creation of Norwegian American communities--from farm to factory and as caregivers, educators, and writers.
Traces Norwegian immigration to the United States from 1825 through the twentieth century and examines the lifestyles and culture of Norwegian American pioneers who formed settlements and journeyed across the continent to California
This is an engaging, richly detailed biography of a family of Norwegian immigrant homesteaders in eastern North Dakota in the late 1800s. Educator and world traveler Aagot Raaen wrote this reminiscence late in her life. Like Giants in the Earth and Old Jules, Grass of the Earth deals frankly with a darker side of pioneer life on the prairie.
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