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The following is the table of contents from “The Western Home: A Literary History of Norwegian America.”
- 1. Vesterheimen: A Marginal and Transitional Culture (pp. 3)
- 2. Writing for a European Audience (pp. 19)
- 3. The First Newspapers (pp. 32)
- 4. The Genesis of Commercial Publishing 1847-1876 (pp. 46)
- 5. Bearing Historical Witness (pp. 69)
- 6. A Pattern of Verse (pp. 77)
- 7. Staging the Immigrant Scene (pp. 87)
- 8. Immigrant Fictions: On Both Sides of the Ocean (pp. 98)
- 9. Many Were Called (pp. 111)
- 10. Ole Amundsen Buslett: Romantic Idealist (pp. 129)
- 11. Hans A. Foss: Populist (pp. 143)
- 12. The Minneapolis Interlude of the Jansons (pp. 157)
- 13. Knut Teigen and Peer Strømme: Natives of Wisconsin (pp. 170)
- 14. Celebrations, Controversies, and Appraisals 184-1905-1914-1925 (pp. 187)
- 15. A Broadening Base: Non-Fiction 1900-1930 (pp. 211)
- 16. A Mixed Chorus of Singers (pp. 225)
- 17. They All Had Stories To Tell (pp. 243)
- 18. Simon Johnson: Poet of the Prairies (pp. 267)
- 19. Dorthea Dahl: Poet of Everyday Life (pp. 279)
- 20. Jon Norstog: Prophet in the Wilderness (pp. 293)
- 21. Johannes B. Wist: Bemused Spectator (pp. 310)
- 22. Waldemar Ager: Untiring Crusader (pp. 324)
- 23. The Four Lives of Ole Edvart Rølvaag (pp. 346)
