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Autore: |
Wist Johs. B (Johannes Benjamin), <1864-1923.>
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Titolo: |
The 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. Nichol
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Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (470 p.) |
Disciplina: | 839.82/372 |
Soggetto topico: | Norwegians - United States |
Altri autori: |
℗ØverlandOrm <1935->
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Note generali: | "Published in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association." |
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Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-434). |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The rise of Jonas Olsen ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8166-9817-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784389603321 |
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