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Turn of the Century: The Lives and Times of My Norwegian-American Grandmothers by Martha Norem (126 p.). Details lives of Halvorson's and Chrislocks of Wanamingo area, Goodhue County, MN.
The diary begins when Bergendahl leaves New York Harbor as a cabin boy on the S.S. Capto. He observes his 16th birthday en route to the Far East. Later in life, Bergendahl went on to a successful ship chandler business in lower Manhattan.