Author: Odd S. Lovoll
Title: The Promise of America: a history of the Norwegian-American people
Description: University of Minnesota Press 1984 Paperback, 239pp. In The Promise of America, historian Odd S. Lovoll tells the story of the thousands of Norwegian immigrants who gambled on a fresh start in the United States. Now, Lovoll has carefully revised this successful book to reflect new understandings of the Norwegian-American past, updating the story to today. Changes include additional photos, expanded treatment of the causes of migration, extensive details about the urban Norwegian-American experience, new information about immigrant fiction and reading societies, enriched discussions of Norwegians in the Civil War and the Socialist movement, and more. Heavy. (ISBN: 9780816613342). Good.

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