Land of their choice the immigrants write home /

Land of their choice the immigrants write home / [electronic resource] : edited by Theodore C. Blegen. - [Minneapolis, Minn.] : University of Minnesota Press, 1955. - 463 p.

Includes index.

The immigrant image of America -- The "sloopfolk" arrive -- Westward to El-a-noy -- Wisconsin is the place -- The Atlantic crossing -- Scouting the promised land -- Spreading the gospel -- Journeying toward new horizons -- Ordeal and debate -- Appraising the American scene -- The transatlantic gold rush -- Cheerful voices at mid-century -- More than a ballad -- A humorist in Canaan -- A lady grows old in Texas -- In defense of the southwest -- From a frontier parsonage -- The beautiful land -- The glorious new Scandinavia.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





GB56-6680


Norwegian Americans.


United States--Civilization.


Electronic books.

E184.S2 / B55 1955

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