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Across the deep blue sea: the saga of early Norwegian immigrants: [from Norway to America through the Canadian gateway] by Lovoll, Odd Sverre is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Across the Deep Blue Sea investigates a chapter in Norwegian immigration history that has never been fully told before. Odd S. Lovoll relates how Quebec, Montreal, and other port cities in Canada became the gateway for Norwegian emigrants to North America, replacing New York as the main destination from 1850 until the late 1860s. During those years, 94 percent of Norwegian emigrants landed in Canada. After the introduction of free trade, Norwegian sailing ships engaged in the lucrative timber trade between Canada and the British Isles. Ships carried timber one way across the Atlantic and emigrants on the way west. For the vast majority landing in Canadian port cities, Canada became a corridor to their final destinations in the Upper Midwest, primarily Wisconsin and Minnesota. Lovoll explains the establishment and failure of Norwegian colonies in Quebec Province and pays due attention to the tragic fate of the Gaspe settlement. A personal story of the emigrant experience passed down as family lore is retold here, supported by extensive research. The journey south and settlement in the Upper Midwest completes a highly human narrative of the travails, endurance, failures, and successe

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Author

Lovoll, Odd Sverre

Publisher

Stanton Publication Services, DBA BookMobile;Minnesota Historical Society Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780873519618

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, American Studies, Humanities