In the foreword to this work, its author references a brief correspondence he had with Johan Bojer, who published a similar work shortly prior to this work's publication. After treating an Indian chief for blood poisoning, the main character of this work receives a pony as a reward, and a female character in this work recalls how her parents begged her husband not to take her across the sea, and laments the "west-fever" which she sees among the young. The naming of a boy who is jokingly prophesied to become President because, "he is born in the country," causes tension in this work between Kjersti and Tonseten. In this work's final chapter, entitled "The Great Plain Drinks the Blood of Chris
In the foreword to this work, its author references a brief correspondence he had with Johan Bojer, who published a similar work shortly prior to this work's publication. After treating an Indian chief for blood poisoning, the main character of this work receives a pony as a reward, and a female character in this work recalls how her parents begged her husband not to take her across the sea, and laments the "west-fever" which she sees among the young. The naming of a boy who is jokingly prophesied to become President because, "he is born in the country," causes tension in this work between Kjersti and Tonseten. In this work's final chapter, entitled "The Great Plain Drinks the Blood of Christian Men and is Satisfied," the main character dies in a snowstorm while trying to get a minister for Hans Olsa, and his last thoughts are of his wife Beret and his son Peder Victorious. For ten points, identify this novel about Per Hansa, a Norwegian who settles in the Dakotas, the most famous work of Ole Rolvaag.
In the foreword to this work, its author references a brief correspondence he had with Johan Bojer, who published a similar work shortly prior to this work's publication.
{Giants in the Earth}