Danes in Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded Edition
By Frederick Hale
Paperback: $9.95
ISBN: 978-0-87020-366-4
72 pages, 34 photographs, 1 map, 6x9"
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Wisconsin Territory's first Dane arrived in 1829, and by 1860 the state's Danish-born population had reached 1,150. Yet these newcomers remained only a small segment of Wisconsin's increasingly complex cultural mosaic, and the challenges of adapting to life in this new land shaped the Danish experience in the state. In this popular book, now revised and expanded with additional historical photos and documents, Frederick Hale offers a concise introduction to Wisconsin's Danish settlers, exploring their reasons for leaving their homeland, describing their difficult journeys, and examining their adjustments to life on Wisconsin soil. New to this edition are the selected letters of Danish immigrant Andrew Frederickson. These compelling documents, written over a forty-year span, capture the personal observations of one Dane as he made a new life in Wisconsin. WHS Press books as well as other books and gifts may be purchased from the Wisconsin Historical Museum Shop on the Capitol Square at 30 N. Carroll Street. To place a phone order, call (608) 264-6565. Books may also be purchased from bookstores, online booksellers, or from the University of Wisconsin Press, distributor for WHS Press. Contact UW Press at (800)621-2736 or order from the UW Press Web site.
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