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xiii, 320 pages : illustrations, 2 maps ; 25 cm |
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pt. 1. Homeland. "I couldn't see over the mountains." / Henny Hale. "We never knew what real medicine was." / Ester Sundvik. "I get so lonesome for Finland." / Ina Silverberg. "When I was a child, we ate out of a common big dish." / Martin Rasmussen. "He slipped out of the country." / Sigfrid Ohrt. "We were raised like regular puritans." / Andrew Johnson. "Home you had plenty to eat, but there was no cash." / Torvald Opsal. "We had to find out for ourselves how to make things go." / Gretchen Yost. "Up in the north, they believe in trolls." / Bergljot DeRosa. "I have such good memories of Christmas Eve." / Else Goodwin. "When peace broke out ..." / Magnhild Johnsen -- pt. 2. New Land. "We were thinking America in high tones when we saw that Statue of Liberty." / Ole Blindheim. "I never got into any hand-to-hand fighting and I was glad of it." / Goodman Norwick. "Did we get to heaven?" / Elsie Odmark. "You just had to trust somebody." / Ida Apalseth. "Finland those days, you never see any black people." / Esther Rinne. "I got infested with lice." / Alli Benson. "We had to start all over again, writing A's and B's." / Laura Foss. "The fruit trees were in blossoming white and I thought it was like paradise." / Hans Fahl. "The sea is where you have to look for a livelihood." / Gustav Simonson. "My first Christmas, I hauled manure on Christmas Day." / Sigvald Stenersen. "I'm not going to freeze for five dollars a month in Minnesota." / Thorvald Kofoed. "A lady from the YWCA met us and she talked Swedish." / Astrid Lovestrand -- pt. 3. New Lives: Work. "Butter on the bread." / John Kuivala. "I worked for wealthy people, that's for sure." / Emmy Berg. "It's hard to be put down." / Marie Berglund. "I was with the worst -- gamblers, prostitutes, everything you could think of." / Ralph Strom. "They like Finnish girls." / Hanna Sippala. "We sold fresh-churned butter right out of the churn." / Grethe Petersen. "I have put in seventy years on boats." / Anton Isaksen. "I never did like housework." / Margit Johnsen. "We haven't got a tailor between 23rd and East Madison." / Ole Nissen. "Everybody's gonna eat and everybody's gonna wear clothes." / Jenny Pedersen -- pt. 4 /. New Lives: Family. "The women had their babies at home." / Anne Hansen. "I started out just like the pioneers did in the wild timbers." / Olaf Sivertson. "Dad needed someone to stay home." / Christine Emerson. "You're gonna go to school, if I can help it." / Hans Fredrickson. "There is nobody that can take a mother's place." / Anna Johnson. "I saw the little, beautiful girl and I was happy and satisfied." / Gertie Hjortedal -- pt. 5 /. New Lives: Tradition. "We had the Iceland library in our home." / Jon Magnusson and Gudrun Magnusson. "It was just like getting a letter from home." / Julius Tollefson. "Everybody were your friends." / Signe Steel. "Because I am a Dane and have gone to folk schools, I think I am a better American." / Frederik Madsen. "All my life, I've been eating rye bread." / Hilma Salvon. "I have my language from Norway, and my tradition." / Arnfinn Bruflot -- Appendix: Interview Questionnaire. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-320). |
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Scandinavian Americans -- Northwest, Pacific -- Social life and customs.
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Scandinavian Americans -- Alaska -- Social life and customs.
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Scandinavian Americans -- Northwest, Pacific -- Interviews.
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Scandinavian Americans -- Alaska -- Interviews.
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Immigrants -- Northwest, Pacific -- Interviews.
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Immigrants -- Alaska -- Interviews.
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Northwest, Pacific -- Social life and customs.
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Alaska -- Social life and customs.
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| ISBN |
0295972882 alkaline paper |
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