{"product_id":"giants-in-the-earth-a-saga-of-the-prairie-9780060931933","title":"Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eO. E. Rolvaag's classic novel of a family of Norwegian settlers in the Great Plains--a vivid and intimate portrait of the nineteenth-century immigrant experience and the exploration of America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased in part on Ole Edvart R lvaag's own recollections as well of those of his wife's family who were immigrant homesteaders, \u003cem\u003eGiants in the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is the riveting story of a Norwegian family forging a new life amid the harsh, desolate climate of the Dakota Territory. R lvaag recounts the hardships they endured on the high prairie--blizzards, locust storms, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, and culture shock--as well as their simple joys, culminating in a magnificent epic that bridges Norwegian culture and the history of the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A moving narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism. . . . The background of the boundless Dakota prairie, with its mysterious distances and its capacity for evil, is painted with alternating beauty and grimness.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e OLE Edvart Rolvaag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Perennial Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.36w x 1.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060931933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerennial Class Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44453043536009,"sku":"9780060931933","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_9496d73c-c7ee-4420-97ec-4fabd23a4aba.jpg?v=1753818452","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/giants-in-the-earth-a-saga-of-the-prairie-9780060931933","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}