Norske Fields

A Novel of Southern California's Norwegian Colony

von Anne Schroeder

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In 1888, five determined bachelors embark on an epic adventure, leaving Stranda, Norway, to fulfill their dream of becoming American land barons. Pooling their resources, they make an affordable land purchase in southern California, relying on a draw-from-a-hat method to determine who will tend to the superior land and who will make do with the less favorable plot. Soon after, their sweethearts join them from the homeland, and the Norwegian Colony is born.