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nThe fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America. -- The NationOle Edvart R lvaags classic Norweigian-American immigration novel. n nGiants in the Earth follows a Norwegian pioneer familys struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America. The book is based partly on R lvaags personal experiences as a settler, and on the experiences of his wifes family who had been immigrant homesteaders. The novel depicts snow storms, locusts, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, the difficulty of fitting into a new culture, and the estrangement of immigrant children who grow up in a new land. n nGiants in the Earth was turned into an opera by Douglas Moore and Arnold Sundgaard; it won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1951. nThe fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America. -- The NationOle Edvart R lvaags classic Norweigian-American immigration novel. n nGiants in the Earth follows a Norwegian pioneer familys struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America. The book is based partly on R lvaags personal experiences as a settler, and on the experiences of his wifes family who had been immigrant homesteaders. The novel depicts snow storms, locusts, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, the difficulty of fitting into a new culture, and the estrangement of immigrant children who grow up in a new land. n nGiants in the Earth was turned into an opera by Douglas Moore and Arnold Sundgaard; it won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1951.--Times Literary Supplement (London) nThe fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America. -- The NationOle Edvart R lvaags classic Norweigian-American immigration novel. n nGiants in the Earth follows a Norwegian pioneer familys struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America. The book is based partly on R lvaags personal experiences as a settler, and on the experiences of his wifes family who had been immigrant homesteaders. The novel depicts snow storms, locusts, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, the difficulty of fitting into a new culture, and the estrangement of immigrant children who grow up in a new land. n nGiants in the Earth was turned into an opera by Douglas Mo
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