Description: The images of the Vikings professional football team, the stereotype of the Norwegian bachelor farmer, and even Minnesotan's speech patterns proclaim the Norwegian heritage of Minnesota. But the Norwegian settlers have contributed much more to the state.
Brief description: Jon A Gjerde is professor of history at University of California, Berkeley, and author of The Minds of the West: Ethnocultural Evolution in the Rural Middle West, 1830-1917.
Review Quotes: "This work is a superb introduction to the story of Norwegians in Minnesota. Jon Gjerde's writing is accurate, engaging, and up to date, and an array of illustrations offers an intimate welcome to the life of the group. This book belongs in the hands of anyone with an interest in Norwegian American life."
--Todd W. Nichol, Norwegian-American Historical Association