The Promise Fulfilled

On October 9, 1825 the sloop Restauration sailed into New York harbor with the first fifty-three Norwegian immigrants to America. During the next hundred years, over 800,000 people would leave Norway to become members of the proud new community in the United States. Today, the Norwegian-American population numbers nearly 4 million–almost as many people as live in Norway. The Promise Fulfilled is an enlightening presentation of Norwegian-American history, continuing the story begun in the best-selling Promise of America. Prominent historian Odd S. Lovell details where Norwegian Americans live, what kind of jobs they hold, how their ethnic heritage is passed…