Peder Victorious - A Tale of the Pioneers Twenty Years Later

The development of the Spring Creek settlement in these years is manifested in the rebellious growing up of Peder Victorious. Peder is a beautiful and moving novel of youth and youth's self-discovery.

Summary

A sequel to "Giants in the Earth", this work tells the tale of Norwegian settlers in the Dakotas. Beret and their children, Syvert Tonseten and Kjersti, and Sorine struggle to adapt, and to become Americans. This is a novel of youth and youth's self-discovery. It is a story of Beret's pain and dismay at the Americanization of her children.

Product details

• Authors: O. E. Roelvaag, O. E. Rolvaag, OLE E. Rolvaag, O E Rölvaag, O. E. Rölvaag
• Assisted by: Einar Haugen (Translation), Nora O. Solum (Translation)
• Publisher: Nebraska
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1982
• EAN: 9780803289062
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-8906-2
• No. of pages: 325
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies