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1	Giants in the earth : a saga of the prairie more books like this by Ole Edvart Rolvaag add to wishlist The classic story of a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Emigrants more books like this by Johan Bojer add to wishlist Bojer's novel of Norwegian emigration in the 1880s tells of young villagers who leave the Old World to seek a better life. Their trek takes them to homesteads in North Dakota, where they find that breaking the sod and surviving blizzards are easier than feeling at home in this new land. First published in 1925. see all copies from $3.50! new only from $9.96! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Between Rocks & Hard Places more books like this by Ann U. Gesme add to wishlist see all copies from $4.91! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	From Fjord to Frontier more books like this by Gulbrand Loken add to wishlist see all copies from $4.49! first editions
5	The Floating City more books like this by Pamela Ball add to wishlist In the 1890s, Eva Hansen, a European woman living under an assumed name in Hawaii, finds a dead boy on the beach--a body that goes missing as soon as it is reported to the police. As a suspect herself, Eva becomes involved in Hawaiian power politics in which annexation by the U.S. has become an option and the once lush island paradise is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Alberta and freedom more books like this by Cora Sandel add to wishlist Imaginative and intelligent. Alberta is a misfit trapped in a stiflingly provincial town in the far north of Norway whose only affinity is for her extrovert brother Jacob. Combining mastery of style and characterization with brilliant descriptive writing, this powerful story of a young woman's rebellion is universally regarded as one of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.76! \| SVS
7	The Rise of Jonas Olsen: A Norwegian Immigrant's Saga more books like this by Johannes Wist, Orm Overland (Introduction by), Todd W Nichol (Foreword by) add to wishlist The road to riches for the hero of this sweeping historical novel ends up being rockier than he initially expects. Norwegian immigrant Jonas Olsen arrives in late nineteenth-century Minneapolis with little money and less English. He quickly learns to reinvent himself--from laboring in sewer construction to building a successful dry goods business, ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $13.92! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Saga in Steel and Concrete: Norwegian Engineers in America more books like this by Kenneth O Bjork add to wishlist Saga in Steel and Concrete NORWEGIAN ENGINEERS IN AMERICA BY Kenneth Bjork PEOFESSOR OF HISTORY AT ST. OLAF COLLEGE NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA 1947 PREFACE THE officers of the Norwegian-American Historical Associa tion, no less than the editors of the Norwegian-language news papers in the United States, have ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $35.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Norwegians in Wisconsin more books like this by Richard J Fapso add to wishlist This text, now revised and expanded with additional photographs and documents, offers a consise introduction to Wisconsin's Norwegian immigrants. The narrative examines the mass migration of Norwegians from 1837, when Ole Nattestad became the first Norwegian settler in Wisconsin, to the late 19th century, when Norwegian immigration largely came to ... see all copies from $4.67! new only from $6.24! \| SVS
10	OLE & Lena Live Via Satellite more books like this by Bruce Danielson, Ann Berg, Peter Roehrich (Photographer) add to wishlist Meet Ole and Lena like you've never seen them before! Black and white photos capture the "real" Ole & Lena in their antics and adventures. Full of jokes, tales and Ole's favorite stories, the many photos make them larger than life (and according to Ole, that's yust what Lena is!). Lena was shopping for a new outfit for herself. She found a very ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.82!
11	The Abraham Lincoln of the Sea: The Life of Andrew Furuseth more books like this by Arnold Berwick add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Marcus Thrane: A Norwegian Radical in America more books like this by Terje I. Leiren add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
13	West of the Great Divide: Norwegian Migration to the Pacific Coast, 1847-1893 more books like this by Kenneth O Bjork add to wishlist see all copies from $9.99! signed copies \| first editions
14	OLE and Lena Jokes more books like this by E C Stangland, Red Stangland add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.69! \| first editions
15	Memoirs of an Immigrant more books like this by Olof A Eriksen add to wishlist The author of these memoirs was born in Norway in 1936. In 1952, he moved to Karlskrona, Sweden, to study mechanical engineering, and 1956 he immigrated to the United States. This book is his diary containing his true life memories. see all copies from $24.94! new only from $29.92! \| signed copies \| SVS
16	There is a Happy Land more books like this by David Cunningham (Illustrator), Marion F Archer add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
17	A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States more books like this by George T Flom add to wishlist This expansive history by David Johnston, spanning the years 1654 to 1905, focuses on the early settlements along the New River in the area that encompasses present-day Mercer and Monroe counties, West Virginia, and Tazewell and Giles counties, Virginia. Of particular interest to genealogists are the biographical and genealogical summaries of the ... see all copies from $22.50! new only from $31.07! \| first editions \| SVS
18	On Both Sides of the Ocean: A Part of Per Hagen's Journey more books like this by Kate Stafford, Harald S Naess, Per Hagen add to wishlist see all copies from $4.75! first editions
19	A Pioneer Churchman: J.W.C. Dietrichson in Wisconsin, 1844-1850 more books like this by Johannes Wilhelm Christi Dietrichson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
20	OLE and Lena Jokes more books like this by Red Stangland, E C Stangland add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $77.61! \| first editions
21	A Voice of Protest: Norwegians in American Politics, 1890-1917 more books like this by Jon Wefald add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! signed copies \| first editions
22	Americans from Norway. more books like this by Leola Nelson Bergmann add to wishlist see all copies from $4.95! first editions
23	Northfield, 1986 more books like this by John Higham add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24	Norwegian Migration to America, 1825-1860 more books like this by Theodore Christian Blegen add to wishlist see all copies from $12.99! new only from $64.69! \| first editions
25 view cover	Norway to America: A History of the Migration more books like this by Einar Haugen (Translator), Ingrid Semmingsen add to wishlist see all copies from $12.59! new only from $13.01! \| SVS

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	The Boat of Longing by OLE Edvart Rolvaag, OLE Edvart Rlvaag see all from $1.99! new only from $11.56!
	Peder Victorious: A Tale of the Pioneers Twenty Years Later by OLE E Rolvaag, Nora O Solum (Translator), Gudrun H Gvale (Designer) see all from $4.00! new only from $9.87!
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	In Their Own Words: Letters from Norwegian Immigrants by Solveig Zempel (Editor) see all from $10.00!
	The Illustrated Atlas of Hawaii: Including a Brief History of Hawaii by O A Bushnell (Editor), Joseph Feher (Illustrator), Gavan Daws (Contributions by) see all from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
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The Boat of Longing

Peder Victorious: A Tale of the Pioneers Twenty Years Later

Alberta Alone

In Their Own Words: Letters from Norwegian Immigrants

The Illustrated Atlas of Hawaii: Including a Brief History of Hawaii

Coming of Age in Mississippi