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Title Land of their choice [electronic resource] : the immigrants write home / edited by Theodore C. Blegen.

Imprint [Minneapolis, Minn.] : University of Minnesota Press, 1955.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 463 p.
Note Includes index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Norwegian Americans.
United States -- Civilization.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780816601035
9780816661596

 
    
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