Wisconsin my home / Thurine Oleson as told to her daughter Erna Oleson Xan.

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Oleson, Thurine, 1866-

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Wisconsin land and lifePublisher: Madison, Wis. : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2012]Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xviii, 232 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

128397617X
9781283976176
9780299288730
0299288730

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

977.5/043092 B 23

LOC classification:

CT275.O45 A3 2012eb

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Contents:

Introduction / Odd Lovoll -- Norway -- America -- Cooking -- Church -- Childhood -- Neighbors -- Tone -- Courtship -- Children -- Kinfolk -- Waupaca -- Golden wedding -- Genealogical tables -- Index of folklore/folklife forms and themes / James P. Leary.

Summary: This book is the story of Thurine Oleson, born in Wisconsin in 1866 to parents who had emigrated from Telemarken, Norway. The book was first published in 1950 when Thurine was a spry octogenarian. In it she not only vividly recalls the pioneer life of her childhood in a Norwegian American settlement, but also tells her parents' stories of their life in Norway and their reasons for emigration. This edition restores the twenty-nine photographs that appeared in the original 1950 hardcover edition and includes an introduction by emigration historian Odd Lovoll.

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Introduction by Odd S. Lovoll.

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This book is the story of Thurine Oleson, born in Wisconsin in 1866 to parents who had emigrated from Telemarken, Norway. The book was first published in 1950 when Thurine was a spry octogenarian. In it she not only vividly recalls the pioneer life of her childhood in a Norwegian American settlement, but also tells her parents' stories of their life in Norway and their reasons for emigration. This edition restores the twenty-nine photographs that appeared in the original 1950 hardcover edition and includes an introduction by emigration historian Odd Lovoll.

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