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Sons of the Old Country - Ager, Waldemar, and Ager, Trygve M (Translated by), and Lovoll, Odd S (Foreword by)
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First published in 1926, Sons of the Old Country is a lively, fast-moving novel about Norwegian immigrants, who worked in the lumber mills of Wisconsin before and during the Civil War. Readers will be reminded of the pioneer sagas of Ager's countryman, Ole E. Rolvaag These early immigrants are a vigorous, likable, hard-working lot. In summer they work in the sawmills; in winter, the logging camps. They brawl, make love, read the Scriptures, tell yarns, and struggle always to form a community. They came to America for ...

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Sons of the Old Country 1984, University of Nebraska Press

ISBN-13: 9780803259058

Trade paperback

Sons of the Old Country 1983, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE

ISBN-13: 9780803210165

Hardcover