{"product_id":"giants-in-the-earth-a-saga-of-the-prairie","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\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0060931930\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780060931933\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Rolvaag, OLE Edvart, N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Aug 1999)","offer_id":45657961300165,"sku":"9780060931933","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780060931933.jpg?v=1768896473","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/giants-in-the-earth-a-saga-of-the-prairie","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}