02376nam 22005774a 450 991078438960332120200520144314.00-8166-9817-1(CKB)1000000000346664(EBL)310725(OCoLC)476095917(SSID)ssj0000283751(PQKBManifestationID)11228268(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283751(PQKBWorkID)10249085(PQKB)10433838(OCoLC)133166840(MdBmJHUP)muse39831(Au-PeEL)EBL310725(CaPaEBR)ebr10151336(CaONFJC)MIL522889(OCoLC)437188539(MiAaPQ)EBC310725(EXLCZ)99100000000034666420051005d2006 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rise of Jonas Olsen[electronic resource] a Norwegian immigrant's saga /Johannes B. Wist ; translated and with an introduction by Orm ℗Øverland ; foreword by Todd W. NicholMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20061 online resource (470 p.)"Published in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association."Translator's title.0-8166-4750-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-434).Bk. 1. Scenes from the life of a newcomer: Jonas Olsen's first years in America -- bk. 2. The home on the prairie: Jonas Olsen's first year in the settlement -- bk. 3. Jonasville.The Rise of Jonas Olsen is at once an immigrant novel, business novel, political novel, and a western, offering a rich and panoramic view of Scandinavian immigrant life in the Upper Midwest. Johannes B. Wist combines realism and satire to depict the role Norwegian Americans played in the economic, political, and cultural life of the Upper Midwest.NorwegiansUnited StatesFictionNorwegians839.82/372Wist Johs. B(Johannes Benjamin),1864-1923.1490994℗Øverland Orm1935-1490995MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784389603321The rise of Jonas Olsen3712518UNINA