The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and

The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

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Hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good

Hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly.

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Size: 6x1x9; Slight edge wear to the dust jacket.

Size: 6x1x9; Slight edge wear to the dust jacket.

Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; ISigned by Author Signed by Author Type:

Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; ISigned by Author Signed by Author Type: Hardback First Edition. Inscribed and Signed by Author on Half-Title Page. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Good Dust Jacket, in archival protective sleeve. Ephemera laid in: Newspaper review of the book when published (titled 'NW Scandinavian Oral Histories Are Published' with a photo of the author); Hand-written list of a Norwegian class-Fall 1984; Newsletter--Embla Nyheter from Emala Lodge No.2, Daughters of Norway, November 1993, Vol. 6, No. 4. The book in navy half cloth, blue cloth over boards, silver titles, is very clean, slight wear to spine head and heel, tight, solid and square. Jacket is clean and unmarked with chipped head and heel. This is the oral history, as recorded through oral history interviews, of Scandinavian men and women who crossed the Atlantic during the early decades of the 20th century and settled in the Pacific Northwest--the story of their daily life, of adapting to a new society, of carrying the imprint of their native culture and values throughout their lives in the U. S.; of images of the Northwest--of farming in Yakima Valley, fishing in the Columbia River and in Alaska, and logging in western Washington; also of domestic work in Seattle and Portland, and of raising a family during the Depression. The forty-five 'narrators' represent ordinary Danes, Finns, Icelanders, Norwegians, and Swedes, men and women. Scandinavia. Immigration. Northwest History. 320 pp with Bibliography. 6.4 x 9.5 inches. 1993, University of Washington Press, Seattle and London.