Norwegians on the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country Town

I bought this book for my father, because he is, well, a Norwegian-American from a small Minnesota country town. He was delighted that someone had written such a thorough history of a rather specific topic, and said the book was excellent.

Prof. Lovoll has provided a terrific addition to the study and understanding of the immigrant experience in America. Like his other masterpieces he thoroughly examines the history and sociology of the Norwegian story. This is an in-depth focus of a particular aspect of the creation of community in Minnesota, but it's principles applies to all frontier communities and the people who built them. I found it engrossing and fulfilling. Professor Lovoll's masterful storytelling helped me understand the challenges and rewards my forefathers endured and celebrated.

Interesting read. This is about small towns springing up across Minnesota and how these towns contributed to the social, moral and economic makeup of what would become the state of Minnesota and the high cost of living isolated lives and other factors associated with prairie towns.

Found it very interesting reading and actually had a relative quoted in the book. Pretty cool!