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Under northern skies volume 1
Language
English
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Minnesota, 1909. When Signe, her husband, Rune, and their three boys arrive from Norway to help a relative clear his land of lumber, they dream of owning their own farm and building a life in the New World. But Uncle Einar and Aunt Gird are hard, demanding people, and Signe and her family soon find themselves worked nearly to the bone in order to repay the cost of their voyage. At this rate, they will never have land or a life of their own. Signe...
Author
Series
Under northern skies volume 4
Language
English
Description
Minnesota, 1911. Nilda Carlson is torn between life in the city of Blackduck and spending time with her family back home on the farm. Her employer, Mrs. Schoenleber, gives her more and more responsibility and experience. Still new to America herself, Nilda focuses on the area's immigrant community, but she'll have to fight to get her ideas accepted by the locals and donors alike. One of her greatest joys is her weekly piano lesson with Fritz Larsson....
Author
Publisher
Haven Publishing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Sarah Stewart, betrayed, rejected and penniless, strikes out for Minnesota's timber country, determined to find and reckon with the father who abandoned her mother before Sarah was born. The first day, she runs headlong into Thor Nilsson--who immediately decides she doesn't belong there. Undaunted and determined to continue her search, she discovers that the only work available is in the lumber camps--but not for a woman. Disguised as a boy, she...
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