Land of their choice
Subtitle: the immigrants write home
By: edited by Theodore C. Blegen.
Contributors: Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 1955
Place of publication: [Minneapolis, Minn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
Subjects: Norwegian Americans.; United States -- Civilization.
Table of contents: title: The immigrant image of America; title: The "sloopfolk" arrive; title: Westward to El-a-noy; title: Wisconsin is the place; title: The Atlantic crossing; title: Scouting the promised land; title: Spreading the gospel; title: Journeying toward new horizons; title: Ordeal and debate; title: Appraising the American scene; title: The transatlantic gold rush; title: Cheerful voices at mid-century; title: More than a ballad; title: A humorist in Canaan; title: A lady grows old in Texas; title: In defense of the southwest; title: From a frontier parsonage; title: The beautiful land; title: The glorious new Scandinavia.