| Danes in Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded Edition Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hale, Frederick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870203665 ISBN-13: 9780870203664 Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: Wisconsin Territory's first Dane arrived in 1829, and by 1860 the state's Danish-born population had reached 1,150. Yet these newcomers remained only a small segment of Wisconsin's increasingly complex cultural mosaic, and the challenges of adapting to life in this new land shaped the Danish experience in the state. In this popular book, now revised and expanded with additional historical photos and documents, Frederick Hale offers a concise introduction to Wisconsin's Danish settlers, exploring their reasons for leaving their homeland, describing their difficult journeys, and examining their adjustments to life on Wisconsin soil. New to this edition are the selected letters of Danish immigrant Andrew Frederickson. These compelling documents, written over a forty-year span, capture the personal observations of one Dane as he made a new life in Wisconsin. Distributed for the Wisconsin Historical Society Press |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: 977.500 |
| LCCN: 2005009392 |
| Series: People of Wisconsin |
| Physical Information: 0.16" H x 6.28" W x 9.2" (0.33 lbs) 72 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Scandinavian - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin |
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| Publisher Description: Wisconsin Territory's first Dane arrived in 1829, and by 1860 the state's Danish-born population had reached 1,150. Yet these newcomers remained only a small segment of Wisconsin's increasingly complex cultural mosaic, and the challenges of adapting to life in this new land shaped the Danish experience in the state. In this popular book, now revised and expanded with additional historical photos and documents, Frederick Hale offers a concise introduction to Wisconsin's Danish settlers, exploring their reasons for leaving their homeland, describing their difficult journeys, and examining their adjustments to life on Wisconsin soil. New to this edition are the selected letters of Danish immigrant Andrew Frederickson. These compelling documents, written over a 40-year span, capture the personal observations of one Dane as he made a new life in Wisconsin. |