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Dodge, Robert

 
9781957288673: FIELDS OF FORTUNE: 'Viking' Farmers In America
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1957288671 ISBN 13 : 9781957288673
Editeur : WildBlue Press, 2023

Synopsis

In the spring of 1853, a family of eight drove their wagon to the wharf in Bergen, Norway. They unloaded their belongings alongside the other stacks labeled, AMERICA, MINNESOTA, ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN, NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO and boarded the crowded ship.

Hopeful, nervous Norwegians—giving up everything for a place they knew of only through second-hand tales of freedom and opportunity—watched as the shoreline retreated, knowing they would never see their homeland again. Their trip ahead would be spent in cramped conditions for two or three months until they reached Ellis Island. The United States, where they were immigrating to, was facing many problems including tensions over slavery and the subsequent beginning of the Civil War.

The family moved west to farm the free land that was offered to them but were met with resistance, as it was land that had been cultivated by Native Americans for thousands of years before. The family was nearly eliminated during these times, often referred to as the American Indian Wars.

Future generations carried on to the Dakotas and Alberta with difficulties. These Norwegians persisted. Through ardent research and narrative biography, Robert Dodge reflects on the immigrant experience of one Norwegian family from the mid-19th century through World War II in FIELDS OF FORTUNE: ‘Viking’ Farmers in America.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Dodge is the author of eight non-fiction books, the most recent an award winner in Colorado and New York City. He has master's degrees from North Dakota State University and Harvard's Kennedy School. For 37 years he taught history, and he was an expat for 35 in London and Singapore.

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Éditeur
WildBlue Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1957288671
ISBN 13 
9781957288673
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
268
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