The boat of longing /

Rølvaag, O. E. 1876-1931.

The boat of longing / [electronic resource] O.E. Rølvaag ; translated by Nora O. Solum ; with a new introduction by Einar Haugen. - St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1985, c1933. - xxiv, 304 p. ; 21 cm.

Translation of: Længselens baat. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper, 1933.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction to the reprint edition -- Foreword -- cove under the hill -- In foreign waters -- Adrift -- Hearts that ache. The

The story of Nils Vaag and his travels from a poor region of Norway to urban Minnesota in 1912.

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Minnesota literature (Fiction)
Norwegian Americans--Fiction.


Norway--Fiction.
Minneapolis (Minn.)--Fiction.
Minnesota--Fiction.

PT9150.R55 / L313 1985

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