Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie
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- Synopsis
- "The fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America." — The NationGiants in the Earth is Ole Edvart Rølvaag's classic Norweigian-American immigration novel.Part of a trilogy, the novel follows a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America. The book is based partly on Rølvaag's personal experiences as a settler, and on the experiences of his wife’s family who had been immigrant homesteaders. The novel depicts snow storms, locusts, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, the difficulty of fitting into a new culture, and the estrangement of immigrant children who grow up in a new land.Giants in the Earth was turned into an opera by Douglas Moore and Arnold Sundgaard; it won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1951.
- Copyright:
- 1927
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 560 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780063308343
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780060931933
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins
- Date of Addition:
- 01/03/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Harper and Brothers. Copyright renewed in
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.