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1	Giants in the earth : a saga of the prairie more books like this by Ole Edvart Rolvaag 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 $2.00! new only from $5.97! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Emigrants more books like this by Johan Bojer 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 $1.99! new only from $9.60! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Floating City more books like this by Pamela Ball 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
4	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) 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 $10.27! new only from $24.08! \| first editions
5	OLE and Lena Jokes more books like this by E C Stangland, Red Stangland see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.47! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Norwegians in Wisconsin more books like this by Richard J Fapso 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 $4.63! new only from $7.52! \| SVS
7	The Changing West and Other Essays more books like this by Laurence M Larson see all copies from $3.95! new only from $18.41! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Grass Roots History more books like this by Theodore Christian Blegen see all copies from $2.90! new only from $19.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Saga in Steel and Concrete: Norwegian Engineers in America more books like this by Kenneth O Bjork 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 $10.50! new only from $40.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	North of Skarv Island: A Trading Adventure Between Norwegians and Lapps more books like this by Karl S. Wikstrom, Jack Ashcraft (Illustrator), Signe M. Carlson (Editor) see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
11	The Norwegians in America more books like this by Percie V. Hillbrand Surveys the immigration of Norwegians to the New World through an examination of what they sought in America, where they settled, and what they contributed to American life and culture. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
12	OLE & Lena Live Via Satellite more books like this by Bruce Danielson, Ann Berg, Peter Roehrich (Photographer) 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 $5.66!
13	West of the Great Divide: Norwegian Migration to the Pacific Coast, 1847-1893 more books like this by Kenneth O Bjork see all copies from $12.50! signed copies \| first editions
14	Norwegians in Minnesota more books like this by Jon Gjerde, Carlton C Qualey, Bill Holm (Foreword by) The images of the Vikings professional football team, the stereotype of the 'Norwegian bachelor farmer', and even Minnesotan's speech patterns proclaim the Norwegian heritage of Minnesota. But the Norwegian settlers have contributed much more to the state, as authors Carlton C Qualey and Jon A Gjerde make clear. The Norwegians, who first arrived ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $10.28! \| SVS
15	Marcus Thrane: A Norwegian Radical in America more books like this by Terje I. Leiren see all copies from $3.23! signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Material Culture and People's Art Among the Norwegians in America more books like this by Marion John Nelson (Editor) see all copies from $11.00! new only from $16.00! \| first editions
17	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 see all copies from $2.25! first editions
18	There is a Happy Land more books like this by David Cunningham (Illustrator), Marion F Archer see all copies from $1.99!
19	From Fjord to Frontier more books like this by Gulbrand Loken see all copies from $6.07! first editions
20	Vivacious Daughter: Seven Lectures on the Religious Situation Among Norwegians in America more books like this by Herman Amberg Preus, Todd W Nichol (Introduction by) see all copies from $4.72! first editions
21	Norwegian Migration to America: The American Transition more books like this by Theodore Christian Blegen see all copies from $13.66! new only from $34.62! \| first editions
22	A Pioneer Churchman: J.W.C. Dietrichson in Wisconsin, 1844-1850 more books like this by Johannes Wilhelm Christi Dietrichson see all copies from $1.99! first editions
23	Between Rocks & Hard Places more books like this by Ann U. Gesme see all copies from $2.95! signed copies
24	OLE and Lena Jokes more books like this by Red Stangland, E C Stangland see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.00!
25 view cover	Norway to America: A History of the Migration more books like this by Einar Haugen (Translator), Ingrid Semmingsen see all copies from $8.50! new only from $12.35! \| SVS

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