Land of their choice : the immigrants write home / / edited by Theodore C. Blegen.
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| Year of Publication: | 1955 |
| Language: | English Norwegian |
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| Physical Description: | 463 p. |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- The immigrant image of America
- The "sloopfolk" arrive
- Westward to El-a-noy
- Wisconsin is the place
- The Atlantic crossing
- Scouting the promised land
- Spreading the gospel
- Journeying toward new horizons
- Ordeal and debate
- Appraising the American scene
- The transatlantic gold rush
- Cheerful voices at mid-century
- More than a ballad
- A humorist in Canaan
- A lady grows old in Texas
- In defense of the southwest
- From a frontier parsonage
- The beautiful land
- The glorious new Scandinavia.