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BL
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1018329
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b772699
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| Title & Author
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In their own words : : letters from Norwegian immigrants /\ edited, translated and introduced by Solveig Zempel.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association,, ©1991.
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1 online resource (xviii, 225 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0816618593
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: 0816683425
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: 9780816618590
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: 9780816683420
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0816618585
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0816618593
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9780816618583
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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8. A Brooklyn Builder: Christ Gundersen: 1908-1945 -- Maps -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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| Abstract
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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.
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| Subject
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Norwegian Americans, Correspondence.
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Norwegians-- United States.
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Emigration and immigration.
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Norwegian Americans.
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Norwegians.
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Norway, Emigration and immigration.
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Norway.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.83/982073/09034
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| LC Classification
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E184.S2I5 1991eb
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| Added Entry
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Zempel, Solveig.
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