TY - BOOK AU - Blegen,Theodore Christian ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Land of their choice: the immigrants write home AV - E184.S2 B55 1955 U1 - 325.24810973 PY - 1955/// CY - [Minneapolis, Minn.] PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Norwegian Americans KW - United States KW - Civilization KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=345284 ER -