TY - BOOK AU - Blegen,Theodore Christian ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Land of their choice: the immigrants write home AV - E184.S2 B55 1955eb U1 - 325.24810973 PY - 1955/// CY - [Minneapolis, Minn.] PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Norwegian Americans KW - United States KW - Civilization KW - Electronic books KW - local 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; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10231320 ER -