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Wisconsin my home / Thurine Oleson as told to her daughter Erna Oleson Xan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Wisconsin land and lifePublication details: Madison, Wis. : The University of Wisconsin Press, [(c)2012.]Edition: second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xviii, 232 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780299288730
  • 0299288730
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • CT275.45
Online resources:
Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Introduction / Odd Lovoll -- Norway -- America -- Cooking -- Church -- Childhood -- Neighbors -- Tone -- Courtship -- Children -- Kinfolk -- Waupaca -- Golden wedding -- Genealogical tables -- Index of folklore/folklife forms and themes / James P. Leary.
Summary: This book is the story of Thurine Oleson, born in Wisconsin in 1866 to parents who had emigrated from Telemarken, Norway. The book was first published in 1950 when Thurine was a spry octogenarian. In it she not only vividly recalls the pioneer life of her childhood in a Norwegian American settlement, but also tells her parents' stories of their life in Norway and their reasons for emigration. This edition restores the twenty-nine photographs that appeared in the original 1950 hardcover edition and includes an introduction by emigration historian Odd Lovoll.
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Online Book G. Allen Fleece Library Online Non-fiction CT275.45 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn843042313

Introduction by Odd S. Lovoll.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction / Odd Lovoll -- Norway -- America -- Cooking -- Church -- Childhood -- Neighbors -- Tone -- Courtship -- Children -- Kinfolk -- Waupaca -- Golden wedding -- Genealogical tables -- Index of folklore/folklife forms and themes / James P. Leary.

This book is the story of Thurine Oleson, born in Wisconsin in 1866 to parents who had emigrated from Telemarken, Norway. The book was first published in 1950 when Thurine was a spry octogenarian. In it she not only vividly recalls the pioneer life of her childhood in a Norwegian American settlement, but also tells her parents' stories of their life in Norway and their reasons for emigration. This edition restores the twenty-nine photographs that appeared in the original 1950 hardcover edition and includes an introduction by emigration historian Odd Lovoll.

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