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Across the Deep Blue Sea : The Saga of Early Norwegian Immigrants

Title: Across the Deep Blue Sea : The Saga of Early Norwegian Immigrants / Odd S. Lovoll.
Author: Lovoll, Odd S., 1934-
Publication: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2015]

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Description

211 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

"Across the Deep Blue Sea investigates a chapter in Norwegian immigration history that has never been fully told before. Odd S. Lovoll relates how Quebec, Montreal, and other port cities in Canada became the gateway for Norwegian emigrants to North America, replacing New York as the main destination from 1850 until the late 1860s. During those years, 94 percent of Norwegian emigrants landed in Canada. After the introduction of free trade, Norwegian sailing ships engaged in the lucrative timber trade between Canada and the British Isles. Ships carried timber one way across the Atlantic and emigrants on the way west. For the vast majority landing in Canadian port cities, Canada became a corridor to their final destinations in the Upper Midwest, primarily Wisconsin and Minnesota. Lovoll explains the establishment and failure of Norwegian colonies in Quebec Province and pays due attention to the tragic fate of the Gaspe settlement. A personal story of the emigrant experience passed down as family lore is retold here, supported by extensive research. The journey south and settlement in the Upper Midwest completes a highly human narrative of the travails, endurance, failures, and successes of people who sought a better life in a new land. Odd S. Lovoll, professor emeritus of history at St. Olaf College and recipient of the Fritt Ords Honnør for his work on Norwegian immigration, is the author of numerous books, including Norwegians on the Prairie and Norwegian Newspapers in America"--

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Context and Setting -- Timber and Emigrants -- The Canadian Epoch -- The American Campaign for Settlers -- Epilogue.

Call Number

IEP 16-1354

ISBN

9780873519618 (paperback)
0873519612 (paperback)
9780873519724 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
0873519728 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014042451
40024799289

OCLC

898088065

Author

Lovoll, Odd S., 1934- author.

Title

Across the Deep Blue Sea : The Saga of Early Norwegian Immigrants / Odd S. Lovoll.

Publisher

St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2015]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1800 - 1899

Other Standard Identifier

40024799289

Research Call Number

IEP 16-1354

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