The Boat of Longing

Name: The Boat of Longing
Author: Ole Edvart Rolvaag

by Ole Edvart Rolvaag

Novel about a Norwegian immigrant's voyage to America and search for purpose

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Ole Edvart Rolvaag

Ole Edvart Rolvaag wrote Giants in the Earth in Norwegian, creating the definitive epic of Norwegian immigrant settlement on the Dakota plains. Translated into English, it became one of the most celebrated immigrant novels in American literature.

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