Life Story of Rasmus B. Anderson
Life Story of Rasmus B. Anderson

Author: Rasmus Bjørn Anderson

Publisher:

Published: 1915

Total Pages: 718

ISBN-13:

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Rasmus Anderson (1846-1936), the American author, scholar, editor, businessman and diplomat, intertwines his life story with the cultural and institutional history of the Norwegian-American community as a whole. There are eyewitness accounts of tension within American factions and branches of the Lutheran church over such issues as slavery and public education as well as anecdotes about Ole Bull, Knut Hamsun, Björnstjerne Björnson, Robert La Follette, James G. Blaine and various European monarchs and heads of state. Anderson began his life on a farm in Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin. After many efforts to finance and obtain the kind of education he wanted, he pioneered the study and teaching of Scandinavian languages at the University of Wisconsin (1869-1883). Between 1885 and 1889, he served as U.S. minister to Denmark. He eventually prospered as president of the Wisconsin Life Insurance Co., from 1895-1922. In 1874, Anderson attracted widespread attention with his America Not Discovered By Columbus. He is remembered for his studies, translations, and retellings of Norse mythology. The more active and public aspects of his life are emphasized in this work.

America Not Discovered by Columbus - An Historical Sketch of the Discovery of America by the Norsemen in the Tenth Century
America Not Discovered by Columbus - An Historical Sketch of the Discovery of America by the Norsemen in the Tenth Century

Author: Rasmus Bjorn Anderson

Publisher: Morse Press

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1446021653

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Saga Six Pack 2
Saga Six Pack 2

Author: Rasmus Bjorn Anderson

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-25

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9781514708538

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Magic swords and mighty longships. Treacherous maidens and invisible elves. A powerful gold ring. SAGA SIX PACK 2 presents another awesome collection of classic adventure tales from the North Atlantic: The Poetic Edda The Nibelungenlied Saga of Thorstein Fridthjof the Bold Ingolf's Saga King Harald's Saga Each text has been newly revised. Included is a Saga Glossary.

Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics
Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics

Author: Jørn Brøndal

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780877320951

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Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics investigates the notion of ethnic identity as it relates to Scandinavian Americans and political affiliations in Wisconsin, from 1890-1914. Jørn Brøndal traces the evolution of their political alliances as they move from an early patronage system to one of a more enlightened social awareness, prompted by the Wisconsin Progressives led by Robert M. La Follette. Brøndal's exceptionally thorough research and cogent arguments combine to explain the workings of a political system that accorded nationality a major role in politics at the expense of real political, social, and economic issues in the early 1890s, and how (and why) the Progressives determined to change that system. Brøndal explains the change by looking at several important Scandinavian-American institutions, including the church, mutual aid fraternities, the temperance movement, the Scandinavian-language press, political clubs, and labor and farmer organizations, showing how these institutions impacted the construction of a nascent sense of Scandinavian American national identity and made a lasting mark on the Scandinavian-American role in politics.