Rise of Jonas Olsen : a Norwegian Immigrant?s Saga.
The Rise of Jonas Olsen is at once an immigrant novel, business novel, political novel, and a western, offering a rich and panoramic view of Scandinavian immigrant life in the Upper Midwest. Johannes B. Wist combines realism and satire to depict the role Norwegian Americans played in the economic, p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2005.
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| Summary: | The Rise of Jonas Olsen is at once an immigrant novel, business novel, political novel, and a western, offering a rich and panoramic view of Scandinavian immigrant life in the Upper Midwest. Johannes B. Wist combines realism and satire to depict the role Norwegian Americans played in the economic, political, and cultural life of the Upper Midwest. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (470 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780816698172 0816698171 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |