PROMISE OF AMERICA, THE. A History of the Norwegian-American People
Author: Odd S. Lovoll
Country: Minnesota
Language: English
Year Published: 1984
No. of pages: 239
Illustrations: 0 Color Illustrations. 246 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10 1/2”x9”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 816613346
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 1849
Price: $34.50
In this book a Norwegian-American historian tells the story of the thousands of Norwegian immigrants who gambled on a new life in America. His focus is on the growth of an ethnic subculture and the process of assimilation--the institutions (churches, schools, colleges, newspapers) that provided a fixed point in an uncertain existence, the ways that old traditions combined with new realities to create a richly diverse Norwegian-American culture, and finally the many contributions that several generations of Norwegian-Americans have made to their new country. Many splendid old photographs enchance this text.
RURAL DENMARK 1750-1980.
Author: Christensen, Jens. Claud Bjørn, ed
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 1983
No. of pages: 187
Illustrations: 21 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 8”x 5”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8775260050
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 5961
Price: $49.50
The book tells the history of Danish agriculture and the Danish rural society from the mid 1700s until today. The development of agriculture and of agricultural organization in Denmark serves as a model to many developing countries, and the book has the purpose to give a brief, comprehensive description of the main features of Danish rural history in the last more than two hundred years.
SAXOS DANMARKS HISTORIE (Saxon Denmark’s History) 2 Volumes.
Author: Zeeberg, Peter, translator. Illustrated by Maja Lisa Engelhardt
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 2000
No. of pages: 0
Illustrations:
Binding: Hardbound w/ jackets. Boxed set
Size:
Weight:
ISBN: 8712034967
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 4186
Price: $220.00
A monumental, scholarly history of the Middle Ages in Denmark, this 2 volume set has held enormous value for Danish literature, art, and Denmark’s identity. This literary relic was also monumental in European literature around the 1200s. Though these 2 volumes are translated from Latin for the first time in 100 years into modern Danish, they still retain the Latin original’s rhetorical splendor. Volume one explores Danish history from the beginning from Dan to Gorm the Old (the first ruling king). You will find legends of people and gods like King Skjold and Rolf Krake and about Balder, Høder, Odin and much more. The 2nd volume begins in the Viking age with Harald Bluetooth and the conversion to Christianity. The 2nd volume ends in the 1180’s in the tumultuous times of great conquests and bloody civil wars. These books are illustrated with 75 wonderful monographs by Maja Lisa Engelhardt, a Danish contemporary artist of abstract expressionism.
SCANDINAVIAN SPIRIT, THE.
Author: Fiske, Arland O
Country: North Dakota
Language: English
Year Published: 1989
No. of pages: 232
Illustrations: 37 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 942323084
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4077
Price: $9.95
A unique collection of short story voyages into the lives of the Scandinavian people in the U.S., their lands, history and traditions.
SEARCH FOR ANCESTORS, THE. A Swedish- American Family Saga
Author: Barton, H. Arnold
Country: Illinois
Language: English
Year Published: 1979
No. of pages: 178
Illustrations: 8 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 809308932
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bibl.
Code: 3568
Price: $24.00
A metaphor for the Swedish migration to America in the mid-nineteenth century, the Sven Svensson family, traced here by a descendant, historian H. Arnold Barton. This book provides a model for genealogical research with which all persons interested in ancestors can identify and from which anyone can learn. He traces the Svenssons from their settlement on the prairie frontier in Iowa to the dispersal of the younger members to various parts of the U.S. into different walks of life and much more.