A Chronicler of Immigrant Life: Svein Nilsson’s Articles in Billed-Magasin

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A Chronicler of Immigrant Life is a collection of translated articles written by Svein Nillson for Billed Magazin. The magazine was the first of its kind published in Norwegian in America. The articles contain personal interviews about the arrival of early Norwegian immigrants and their pioneer settlements in the Midwest.

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The following is the table of contents from “A Chronicler of Immigrant Life: Svein Nilsson’s Articles in Billed-Magasin.”

  • Preface
  • Introduction (pp. 1)
  • The Oldest Norwegian Settlement in Wisconsin (pp. 9)
  • Yorkville And Racine (pp. 25)
  • A Little Excursion Into The Past (pp. 41)
  • Jefferson Prairie (pp. 49)
  • Rock Prairie (pp. 67)
  • Beloit (pp. 82)
  • Koshkonong
    • Albion township (pp. 87)
    • Christiana township (pp. 93)
    • Pleasant Spring township (pp. 105)
    • Dunkirk township (pp. 125)
  • Dunn, Blooming Grove, Sumner, and Cottage Grove Townships (pp. 145)
  • Footnotes (pp. 162)
  • Index (pp. 167)

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