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"Astri My Astri" By Debra Nelson Gourley.
If you enjoy your connection to Norway and your family's history and you are interested in the Norwegian language, especially when you can also read the English counterpart to the words, you will enjoy "Astri My Astri".
"Astri, My Astri: Norwegian Heritage Stories" is a collection of sixteen Norwegian heritage stories published in both English and Norwegian. Although based on Debra's 7/8 Norwegian ancestry, the stories touch anyone who has an interest in Norwegian heritage, culture, genealogy, or bilingual studies.
The stories take you on a journey from immigrating in the 1840s to the discovery of an immigrant trunk more than one hundred years later and the subsequent unraveling of a rich family history. Among the topics included are the Last Sioux Uprising of 1862, the great flu epidemic of 1918, hiking above the Arctic Circle, the heavy water assault during World War II, Norwegian rosemaling and bunader, Syttende Mai, stave churches, founding of a Norwegian Lutheran church in America, and the life of Snowshoe Thompson.
I had an opportunity to attend a conference where Debra described a heritage journey in her life that ended up becoming this book. When she was done, I knew I wanted a copy for myself so I could read everything in detail.
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