Giants in the Earth
Author: first_name: O. E.
last_name: Rolvaag
Language: English
Year: 1927

A founding tale of the American heartland, Giants in the Earth tells the story of a small group of Norwegian pioneers who settle in the Dakota Territory, in 1873. They arrive with nothing, build sod houses, and over the years coax a living from the vast prairie. Per Hansa, his wife Beret, and their fellow settlers struggle to plant their first crops, care for each other and the new children who arrive, and confront their own fears of the endless horizons. The novel is the first in a trilogy and