New Land New Lives

Author : Janet Elaine Guthrie
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295803851
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Land, New Lives written by Janet Elaine Guthrie and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Land, New Lives captures the voices of Scandinavian men and women who crossed the Atlantic during the early decades of the 20th century and settled in the Pacific Northwest. Based on oral history interviews with 45 Danes, Finns, Icelanders, Norwegians, and Swedes—more than half of them women—the book is illustrated with family photographs and also includes background information on Scandinavian culture and immigration.

Author : Katharine Emsden
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1878668234
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coming to America written by Katharine Emsden and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpts from diaries and letters provide glimpses into the lives of Russian, Lithuanian, Italian, Greek, Swedish, and Irish immigrants who passed through Ellis Island around the turn of the century.

Author : David O. Stewart
Publisher : Permuted Press
ISBN 13 : 1637580819
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Land written by David O. Stewart and published by Permuted Press. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lose yourself in the challenges and emotions of eighteenth-century Maine. In 1753, Johann Oberstrasse’s wife, Christianne, announces that their infant sons will never soldier for the Landgraf of Hesse like their father, hired out to serve King George of England. In search of a new life, Johann and the family join an expedition to the New World, lured by the promise of land on the Maine coast. A grinding voyage deposits them on the edge of a continent filled with dangers and disease. Expecting to till the soil, Johann finds that opportunity on the rocky coast comes from the forest, not land, so he learns carpentry and trapping. To advance in an English world, Johann adapts their name to Overstreet. But war follows them. The French and their Indian allies mount attacks on the English settlements of New England. To protect their growing family and Broad Bay neighbors, Johann accepts the captaincy of the settlement’s militia and leads the company through the British assault on the citadel of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia. Left behind in Broad Bay, Christianne, their small children, and the old and young stave off Indian attacks, hunger, and cruel privations. Peace brings Johann success as a carpenter, but also searing personal losses. When the fever for American independence reaches Broad Bay in 1774, Johann is torn, then resolves to kill no more…unlike his son, Franklin, who leaves to stand with the Americans on Bunker Hill. At the same time, Johann faces old demons and a new crisis when an escaped prisoner—a hired Hessian soldier, just as he had been—arrives at his door.

Author : Joan Sandin
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9780064441001
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Long Way to a New Land written by Joan Sandin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1986-05-23 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We will go to America!" It is 1868, and Carl Erik's family faces starvation in Sweden. As their hopes fade, they must endure a journey over land and sea to reach a better life in a new country thousands of miles away.

Author : Marilynn Reynolds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781551430690
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Land written by Marilynn Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneer family homesteads on the prairie. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Joan Sandin
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060580771
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At Home in a New Land written by Joan Sandin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-08-28 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl Erik, a recent immigrant from Sweden, becomes the man of the house when his father and uncle go to work in a logging camp, and he learns many things about life in Minnesota while attending school, doing his chores, and trying to put meat on the table.

Author : Jonathan Klemens
Publisher : BookRix
ISBN 13 : 3730900161
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A NEW LAND - A NEW LIFE written by Jonathan Klemens and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wrath of an angry Atlantic was directly upon us - the ship was in full storm! The Fair Lady pitched violently against the massive waves that thrashed the sides of the ship like rhythmic claps of thunder. Water filled every accessible space and everything that could be lashed was tightly secured lest it be lost at sea. All passengers were in fear of their lives and were desperately praying for safe deliverance to the nearest land, wherever that might be. After several hours of sheer terror, the storm abated and an aerie calm came over the ship. Fortunately, the Fair Lady had survived the ravaging storm with minimal damage. The Fair Lady had logged 53 sunrises since it left Glasgow and the 210 passengers and crew last saw land ...

Author : Carola Suárez-Orozco
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674044118
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning a New Land written by Carola Suárez-Orozco and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One child in five in America is the child of immigrants, and their numbers increase each year. Based on an extraordinary interdisciplinary study that followed 400 newly arrived children from the Caribbean, China, Central America, and Mexico for five years, this book provides a compelling account of the lives, dreams, academic journeys, and frustrations of these youngest immigrants.

Author : Lyz Lenz
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253041546
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Land written by Lyz Lenz and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-19 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Will resonate with any readers interested in understanding American landscapes where white, evangelical Christianity dominates both politics and culture.” —Publishers Weekly In the wake of the 2016 election, Lyz Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics. A mother of two, a Christian, and a lifelong resident of middle America, Lenz was bewildered by the pain and loss around her—the empty churches and the broken hearts. What was happening to faith in the heartland? From drugstores in Sydney, Iowa, to skeet shooting in rural Illinois, to the mega churches of Minneapolis, Lenz set out to discover the changing forces of faith and tradition in God’s country. Part journalism, part memoir, God Land is a journey into the heart of a deeply divided America. Lenz visits places of worship across the heartland and speaks to the everyday people who often struggle to keep their churches afloat and to cope in a land of instability. Through a thoughtful interrogation of the effects of faith and religion on our lives, our relationships, and our country, God Land investigates whether our divides can ever be bridged and if America can ever come together. “God Land, Lyz Lenz’s much-anticipated debut book, is a marvel. Not only is it a window into the middle America so many like to stereotype but fail to fully understand in all of its complexity, but it mixes reportage, memoir, and gorgeous prose so seamlessly I wanted to know how she did it.” —Sarah Weinman, author of The Real Lolita

Author : Dorothy Rabinowitz
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595141285
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Lives written by Dorothy Rabinowitz and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: