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Contact the Librarian (Arlene Camp) for book check out at the next Lodge Social Meeting or at 480/964-2164.
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OVERTRO FJELL BOOK LIST |
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December 2007 |
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Andersen, Tryggve: In the Days of the Councillor (Rural Norway of the late-18th and early-19th centuries) |
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Anderson, Thomally Holbech: Memories of an Old Town (Author born in Mandal, Norway) |
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Arent, A. Margaret: The Laxdoela Saga (Translated from the old Icelandic) |
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Asbjörnsen and Moe: A Time for Trolls (Fairy tales from Norway) |
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Austin, Paul Britten: The life and Songs of Carl Michael Bellman, Genius of theSwedish Rococo |
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Bean, David J.: The Restoration |
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Bent, Mike: Coastal Express |
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Berlitz: Norwegian English - Engelsk Norsk Diciontary |
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Berrgam, Hjalmar: Four Plays (Scripts for "Markuerells of Wadkoping:, "The Baron's Will", "Swedenhielms" and "Mr. Sleeman is Coming:") |
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Bjork, Kenneth O., et al: Norwegian-American Studies, Vol. 21 |
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Bjork, Kenneth O., et al: Norwegian-American Studies, Vol. 26 |
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Blegen, Theodore C., editor: Land of Their Choice(Letters written by Norwegian immigrants in the mid-19th century) |
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Brisson, Pat: The Summer My Father Was Ten |
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Bye, Erik: Blow, Silver Wind (Story of Norwegian immigration to America) |
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Chrislock, Carl H.: Ethnicity Challenged: The Upper Midwest Norwegian-American Experience in Word War I |
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Clausen, C. A., editor: The Lady with the Pen: Elise Waerenskjold in Texas |
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Clausen, C. A., translator: A Chronicler of Immigrant Life: Svein Nilson's Articles in Billed-Magazin, 1868-1870 (Articles about arrival of early Norwegian immigrants and their pioneer settlement in the Midwest. Authors Series,Vol. VI) |
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Crossley-Holland, Kevin: The Norse Myths(Tales from ancient Norse mythologoy) |
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Dal, Erik: Danish Ballads and Folk Songs |
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Damm, N. W. & Son, editor: Glott av Norge (A picture book of Norway) |
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Diller, Harriett: The Faraway Drawer |
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Draxten, Nina: Kristofer Janson in America (Authors Series, Vol. 3) |
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Draxten, Nina: The Testing of M. Falk Gjertsen (Lutheran minister in early Minneapolis suffers disgrace of sexual scandal) |
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Dunn, Olav: Floodtide of Fate (People of the little Norwegian island of Oyvære) |
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Eides Forlag, J.W. Happy Norway to You |
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Faber, Tobias: A History of Danish Architecture |
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Flanagan, John T.: Theodore C. Blegen, A Memoir (Authors Series, Vol. IV) |
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Freuchen, Peter and Finn Salomonsen: The Arctic Year (A month-by month account of life in the Arctic) |
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Freuchen, Peter: I Sailed with Rasmussen (Story of renowned Danish explorer) |
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Fuller, William & Haines, Jack: Reckless Courage(A true story of a Norwegian boy under Nazi Rule during WWII) |
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Glasrud, Clarence A.: Hjalmar Hjorth Byoysen (Authors Series, Vol. I) |
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Grieg, Edvard: Diaries, Articles, Speeches |
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Grieg, Edvard: Letters to Colleagues and Friends |
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Gustafson, Alrik: A History of Swedish Literature |
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Hambro, C. J.: I Saw It Happen in Norway(A 1940 History of the invasion of Norway by the Nazis) |
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Hansen, Carl G. O.: My Minneapolis (Chronicle of what has been learned and observed about the Norwegians in Minneapolis from 1856 to 1956) |
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Hansen, Martin A.: The Liar (Psychological novel concerning the inhabitants of an island in the Danish archipelago shortly after World War II) |
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Haugen, Einar I.: Beginning Norwegian, A Grammar and Reader |
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Haugen, Einar I.: Immigrant Idealist: A Literary Biography of Waldemar Ager, Norwegian American |
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Haugen, Einar: Norwegian English Dictionary |
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Haugen, Einer, et al: Norwegian-American Studies, Vol. 24 |
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Helmersen, Hanna Aasvik: War and Innocence (A story about a young girl's life in occupied Norway) |
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History Channel (VCR): Defiant Courage/The Rescue Season: (Video of the book plus another video) |
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History Channel (VCR): Mawson's Will/Disaster on the Mountain: (Two videos not related to Norway) |
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Hoff-Mount, Catherine & Hoff-Lainear, Karen: "Six Years to Sunrise" (Story about a husband and wife who were separated by six years of war) |
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Holberg, Ludvig: Peder Paars (Novel giving satirical views of 18th century Danish social institutions) |
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Hustvedt, Lloyd: Rasmus Bjorn Anderson, Pioneer Scholar (Authors Series, Vol II) |
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International Publications A.S.: Norway, the Wonderland |
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Jenkins, Buck: The Ships of Odin(A Novel of Norway in the early Viking age) |
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Johnson, Walter, translator: Strindberg's "Queen Christina", "Charles XII", "Gustav III" (Three plays by an important historical drama writer) |
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Kallestad, Harald: Bergstaden Roros, Norway (The unique environment and history of the mining town in Roros) |
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Kirk, William F.: The Norsk Nightingale (Scandinavian dialect verses) |
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Kivi, Aleksis: Seven Brothers (An epic of Finnish country life.) |
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Larson, Agnes M.: John A. Johnson (Biography of a pioneer Wisconsin manufacturer) |
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Lenci-Downs, Elizabeth: Six Girls on a Hoot!!!(A true story about six girls of Norwegian ancestry traveling to Yellowstone National Park in a 1926 Studebaker) |
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Lierfall, Jon, et al: Norwegian-American Studies, Vol 27 |
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Lincoln, Louise: The Art of Norway 1750-1914 |
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Lovoll, Odd S. and Kenneth O. Bjork: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1925-1975 |
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Lovoll, Odd S., editor: Makers of an American Immigrant Legacy (Essays about the immigrant experience) |
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Lovoll, Odd Sverre, et al: Norwegian-American Studies, Vol 25 |
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Lovoll, Odd Sverre: A Folk Epic: The Bygedelag in America (Deals with the process of adjustment experience by immigrants who came from Norway) |
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McBride, Robert: Norway Handbook |
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Meek, Doris: Norska |
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Mitch: Tuesdays with Morrie |
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Mittet Tourist Series: Norway, Scenery and People |
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Mount Catherine & Lafnear, Karen Hoff: Six Years to Sunrise(Letters written during wartime by a husband and wife separated for six years by World War II) |
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Museum Director: The Viking Ship Finds |
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Nelson Marion Johon, et al: Norwegian-American Studies, Vol. 22 |
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Nelson, david T., translator: The Diary of Elisabeth Koren (The diary and letters of a Norwegian settler from 1853 to 1855) |
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Norsk Folkemuseum: Friluftsmuseet Pa Norsk Folkemuseum (A picture book) |
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Norsk-Folkemuseum: (A picture book) |
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Overland, Orm: The Western Home |
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Paulson, Robert and Loren: Norway |
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Petursson, Asgeir and Dorsteinsson, Steingrimurg: Seven Iceland Short Stories |
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Proulx, Annie: The Shipping News |
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Public Television: Hitler's Sunken Secret (A video about the sunken barrels of heavy water) |
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Rölvag, O.E..: Concerning Our Heritage |
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Rölvag, O.E..: Giants in the Earth (A story about Norwegian Immigrants settling in North Dakota) |
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Rosedahl, Else: The Vikings |
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Sangbog: The Norwegian Songbook |
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Schach, Paul and Hollander, Lee M.: Erbyggia Saga (Old Icelandic family sags) |
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Scott, Astrid Karlsen: Defiant Courage |
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Sjøvold, Aase Bay: Norwegian Tapestries |
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Sons of Norway: Sons of Norway Song Book |
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Stangland, Red: Norwegian Home Companion Ole and Lena and other Norwegian jokes |
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Stewart, Janice S.: The Folk Arts of Norway |
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Stokker, Kathleen & Haddal, Odd: Norske, Nordmenn og Norge, Book #1 (A teacher's manual for teaching Norwegian) |
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Stokker, Kathleen & Haddal, Odd: Norske, Nordmenn og Norge, Book #2(A course in Norwegian-a workbook) |
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Stokker, Kathleen & Haddal, Odd: Norske, Nordmenn og Norge, Book #3(A textbook for learning Norwegian) |
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Strindberg, August: The Native of Hemso (A novel which takes place in one of the skerries off the coast of Sweden) |
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Strindberg, August: World Historical Plays (Plays dealing with persons and events of Swedish history.) |
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Surensen, Alan Kierkegarrd: Vinland Runga Saga |
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Tape (VCR): Norway, Land of Enchantment |
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Thordarson, Agnar: The Sword (The story of postwar Iceland) |
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Thordarson, Thorbergur: In Search of My Beloved (Autobiography which takes place in northern Iceland) |
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Vesaas, Tarjei: The Seedand Spring Night |
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Wuorinen, John H.: A History of Finland |
Movies:
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Finding Thea - 2006 - this is a wonderful tribute to a woman whose spirit still inhabits the city she helped build. Thea Christiansen Foss was a Norwegian immigrant. - contact Wendy K Winkelman.
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Hitlers Sunken Secret - 2005 - The most daring resistance operations of World War II was the 1944 sinking of the Norwegian ferry Hydro with its cargo of "heavy water" destined for the Nazi's secret atomic bomb project. - contact Wendy K Winkelman
Authors
Johan Bojer 1872-1959
Johan Bojer's books are familiar to readers all over the world. Although he lived and wrote in Norway for the most part, his books commanded a wide and international audience. His best known novels, often spoke of as a trilogy, are "The Last Viking", "the Emigrants" and "People by the Sea". They tell the story of the end of fishing in open, non-motorized boats, the emigration to America and, finally, the story of those who stayed in Norway. Bojer spent some time living in America while doing research for "The Emigrants," and as the books tell us, he was concerned for the most part about the destinies of ordinary working people from small villages in Norway: What does it mean to pull up roots and settle down in a completely different environment? How does it feel to have total freedom of religion? What does it do to one's identify to see only an endless horizon after growing up between steep mountains and rough seas? Bojer chose to write about people from Rissa, where he had grown up, using the names and stories of real people as authentic details in his fiction. See Wendy Winkelman if you would like to read the book, "The Emigrants".
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