FROM SCANDINAVIA TO AMERICA. Proceedings From a Conference Held at Gl. Holtegaard
Author: Jørgensen, Steffen Elmer, Lars Scheving, Niels Peter Stilling eds
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 1987
No. of pages: 382
Illustrations: 30 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9” x 6”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 8774926306
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 5104
Price: $29.50
Through the work of 21 historians, enthnographers, sociologists and other contributors, this book brings together four organized parts: the settling of the emigration from a Danish context, the emigration as a business, Scandinavian settlers in the American Mid-West, and the Scandinavian press in America.
FROM SERFDOM TO FIREBURN AND STRIKE. A History of Black Labor in the Danish West Indies 1848-1916
Author: Jensen, Peter Hoxcer
Country: St. Croix
Language: English
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 258
Illustrations: 36 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound w/ jacket
Size: 9”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 916611191
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bibl.
Code: 5528
Price: $65.00
This book appears at a time when there is tremendous local, regional and international interest in the 19th century emancipation in the West Indies. That event occured in the U.S. Virgin Islands - the erstwhile Danish West Indies - on July 3, 1848. Jensen’s fascinating new book takes up where the story of slavery leaves off and where the hard road to freedom begins. Employing previously unused material from Danish archival and administrative sources, Jensen traces the ex-slaves’ journey from servitude, through new-serfdom and revolt on the sufar- and cotton-producing estates where they had previously been slaves, to their emergence as an autonomous labor movement in the early 20th century.
GERMAN PARATROOPS IN SCANDINAVIA. Fallschirmjager in Denmark and Norway April - June 1940
Author: Gonzalez Oscar
Country: Pennsylvania
Language: English
Year Published: 2009
No. of pages: 192
Illustrations: 20 Color Illustrations. 148 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 9”x 6”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9780764332418
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 6462
Price: $45.00
The German conquest of Denmark and Norway in spring 1940 presents an interesting study of joint strategy between ground, air, and sea forces. In this campaign, the Germans placed great emphasis on mobility, speed, and surprise. The Fallschirmjäger of 1940 was a well-trained, highly-motivated force, and their participation in Operation “Weserübung” – the codename for the Wehrmacht assault is Denmark and Norway – is this subject of this book. Among the topics discussed are German paratroop operations (some of the first combat jumps of the war) against the main Danish and Norwegian bridges and aerodromes, the jump on Dombås, behind enemy lines, and also their tenacious resistance on the snow-covered grounds of Narvik.
HEAVENLY INTRIGUE. Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the Murder Behind One of History’s Greatest Scientific Discoveries
Author: Gilder, Joshua and Anne-Lee Gilder
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2004
No. of pages: 304
Illustrations: 0 Color Illustrations. 22 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 8 1/2”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 385508441
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 6162
Price: $12.50
The eighteen months at the dawn of the seventeenth century when these two men (Kepler and Brahe) worked and lived together in Prague would mark the transition from medieval to modern science, but theirs was one of the most emotionally fraught and contentious collaborations in scientific history. Indeed, apart from their genius and love of astronomy, the two could hardly be more different. For four hundred years it was believed that Brahe died of natural causes. In fact, recent forensic analysis of remnants of his hair reveal that he was murdered, systematically poisoned. And all the answers as to motive, means, and opportunity point directly to one suspect: Johannes Kepler.
HEIKKI HEIKKINEN. And Other Stories of Upper Peninsula Finns
Author: Anderson, Lauri
Country: Minnesota
Language: English
Year Published: 1995
No. of pages: 127
Illustrations:
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 6 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 878390979
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4409
Price: $39.50
The Finns of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are a unique group profiled by Anderson, who describes their comic aspect as well as the tragic moments of their lives. Heikki Heikkinen, for example, has his strong likes and dislikes: he loves his beer, fishing, and growing potatoes; he hates barbeque grills, his smartass nephew and all flatlanders. Lauri incorporates humor, satire, and irony in these delightful stories.