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Press Kit for Wisconsin My Home

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Wisconsin My Home Second Edition Thurine Oleson As told to her daughter Erna Oleson Xan Introduction by Odd Lovoll Published October 2012 LC: 2012013285 CT 272 pp.   6 x 9   29 b/w photos 5 genealogical tables ISBN 978-0-299-28874-7 Paper $21.95 t ISBN 978-0-299-28873-0 eBook $12.95 t Memoir / American History / Immigration / Wisconsin / Scandinavian Studies Wisconsin Land and Life Arnold Alanen, Series Editor Body Copy: Wisconsin My Home is the story of Thurine Oleson, born in Wisconsin in 1866 to parents who had emigrated from Telemarken, Norway. This much-loved book was first published in 1950 when Thurine was a spry octogenarian. In it she not only vividly recalls the pioneer life of her childhood in a Norwegian American settlement but also tells her parents’ stories of their life in Norway and their reasons for emigration. This new edition restores the twenty-nine photographs that appeared in the original 1950 hardcover edition and includes an introduction by emigration historian Odd Lovell. Blurbs: “A treasure of a book! Reading it is like going through an old photograph album with a born storyteller at your side to bring each faded picture to life. . . . [It] is a veritable encyclopedia of pioneer Norwegian customs, but the human drama is always given first place. I was particularly charmed by the marriage of merry, dance-loving Thurine to her sober, handsome John.”—Maud Hart Lovelace, Minnesota History “The wealth of detail is startling. The scarves are three-cornered scarves. The hinges are brass hinges. The ashes for the lye water used in making lutefisk are ashes from peeled maple wood. . . . It is the careful weaving together of the small authentic threads of everyday living that makes reading Wisconsin My Home such a rich and unique experience.”—Ben Logan, Wisconsin Magazine of History Reviews: “The picture of pioneer life here is vividly real. The stories of the farmer, the woodsman, the preacher, the home-makers, are in a way stories of the ancestors of every one of us, immigrants all. . . . A classic American chronicle.”—New York Times Book Review “A remarkable personal account and a treasurehouse of early Wisconsin lore.”—Scandinavian Review Excerpts: [Excerpts will be posted when they are available.] Author's bio: Thurine Oleson lived in Winchester, Oshkosh, Waupaca, and Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Erna Oleson Xan (1898–1990), who grew up in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is author of Home for Good. Author's website: N/A For more information, in addition to this press kit, contact our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu [Return to the book page for Wisconsin My Home]

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