Norwegian Yankee: Knute Nelson and the Failure of American Politics, 1860-1923

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Norwegian born Knute Nelson (1842-1923) was the first Scandinavian-American politician to attain national prominence, as congressman, as governor of the state of Minnesota, and as United States senator. He became the object of much ethnic pride as he made his way in the American political system within the Republican party. But the study transcends the bounds of political biography to paint a very human portrait of a man who came to personify for many of his compatriots the American dream, moving as Nelson did from inauspicious beginnings as a poor immigrant boy to the heights of political power.

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The following is the table of contents from “Norwegian Yankee: Knute Nelson and the Failure of American Politics, 1860-1923.”

  • One: “Norway Was a Kind, but a Poor Mother” (pp. 3)
  • Two: Vossing American (pp. 13)
  • Three: Serving the Fatherland
  • Four: Frontier Broker between Koshkonong and Madison (pp. 51)
  • Five: Nelson and Railroads Come to the Upper Country (pp. 69)
  • Six: The Upper Country Elects a Congressman (pp. 97)
  • Seven: Frontier Norwegian-American Republican Congressman (pp. 121)
  • Eight: The Republican Elites and the People’s Party (pp. 145)
  • Nine: The Lawyer-Governor and the Reformers (pp. 173)
  • Ten: Norwegian-American Country Lawyer vs. Yankee Aristocrat (pp. 199)
  • Eleven: The Senator at Home and Abroad (pp. 221)
  • Twelve: “On the Jump”: Insurgents, Territories, Hearings (pp. 251)
  • Thirteen: Serving the Fatherland: Reprise (pp. 287)
  • Fourteen: Closing Arguments (pp. 287)

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