Perennial Classics Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie, (Paperback)

from Pferdina

Originally written in Norwegian, this novel follows the family of Per Hansa as they scratch out a farm on the plains of South Dakota in the late 1880's. After settling there with three other Norweg...

from Ikest

Norwegians setting in the plains. Good read, gave a good realistic,(as I understand the subject), picture of early settlers in the plains.

from fulner

I read this book because my aunt told me it was my grandfather's favorite book. It had been described as an adult version of little house on the prairie, and I think that's a fine description. Orig...

from jaygheiser

Although sometimes described as "Little House on the Prairie" for adults, I think this is a much richer and intriguing text than that. Unfortunately, some of the subtleties were undoubtedly lost wh...

from elsyd

A great story of the hardships faced by Norwegian settlers in the Dakotas. Not only the usual hardships faced by all settlers, including the severe weather and grasshoppers found in that area, but ...