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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781911803321

Titolo

Land of their choice : the immigrants write home / / editor, Theodore C. Blegen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Minneapolis ] : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1955

ISBN

0-8166-5710-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (463 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlegenTheodore Christian <1891-1969.>

Disciplina

325.24810973

Soggetti

Norwegian Americans

United States Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.