Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie

Rolvaag, OLE Edvart

ISBN 10: 0060931930 / ISBN 13: 9780060931933

Published by Harper Perennial, 1999

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0060931930I5N10

Synopsis:

"The fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America."--The Nation

O. E. Rolvaag's classic novel of a family of Norwegian settlers in the Great Plains--a vivid and intimate portrait of the nineteenth-century immigrant experience and the exploration of America

Based in part on Ole Edvart Rĝlvaag's own recollections as well of those of his wife's family who were immigrant homesteaders, Giants in the Earth is the riveting story of a Norwegian family forging a new life amid the harsh, desolate climate of the Dakota Territory. Rĝlvaag recounts the hardships they endured on the high prairie--blizzards, locust storms, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, and culture shock--as well as their simple joys, culminating in a magnificent epic that bridges Norwegian culture and the history of the American dream.

"A moving narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism. . . . The background of the boundless Dakota prairie, with its mysterious distances and its capacity for evil, is painted with alternating beauty and grimness." --The Atlantic

About the Author: O. E. Rölvaag was born in 1876. His books include Peder Victorious and Their Fathers' God. He died in 1931.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket