Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie

"The fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America."--The Nation

O. E. Rolvaag's classic novel of a family of Norwegian settlers in the Great Plains--a vivid and intimate portrait of the nineteenth-century immigrant experience and the exploration of America

Based in part on Ole Edvart R lvaag's own recollections as well of those of his wife's family who were immigrant homesteaders, Giants in the Earth is the riveting story of a Norwegian family forging a new life amid the harsh, desolate climate of the Dakota Territory. R lvaag recounts the hardships they endured on the high prairie--blizzards, locust storms, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, and culture shock--as well as their simple joys, culminating in a magnificent epic that bridges Norwegian culture and the history of the American dream.

"A moving narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism. . . . The background of the boundless Dakota prairie, with its mysterious distances and its capacity for evil, is painted with alternating beauty and grimness." --The Atlantic

Author: OLE Edvart Rolvaag
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 11/15/2022
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.36w x 1.32d
ISBN: 9780060931933

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.4
Point Value: 28
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 739 / Giants in the Earth

About the Author
Rolvaag, OLE Edvart: - O. E. Rölvaag was born in 1876. His books include Peder Victorious and Their Fathers' God. He died in 1931.