Format:
Online-Ressource (195 p)
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map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780816656233
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9780816656240
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081665624X
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0816656231
Content:
Eric Dregni's great-grandfather Ellef fled Norway in 1893 when it was the poorest country in Europe. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson traveled back to find that-mostly due to oil and natural gas discoveries-it is now the richest. The circumstances of his return were serendipitous, as the notice that Dregni won a Fulbright Fellowship to go there arrived the same week as the knowledge that his wife Katy was pregnant. Braving a birth abroad and benefiting from a remarkably generous health care system, the Dregnis' family came full circle when their son Eilif was born in Norwa
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; A Cambridge Education; From Colony to Homeland; A Beautiful Day in Hell; "Screw Yourself" at IKEA; Janteloven; The Chest; Munch Is Dårlig; Aliens; Living the Norwegian Dream; Porridge Night; Norsk Course; A to Å; Cabin Culture; A True Norwegian; Paul Bunyan's Blacksmith?; "Take Everything for Good Fish"; A Free Upbringing; Columbus Was Norwegian; On the Meat Bus; Bargain Babies; Earth Mothers at the Sick House; The Name of the Devil; Mørketid: The Dark Time; Tran!; Rakfisk: Riskier Than Lutefisk; Juletid; Fish in Lye; Born Wearing Skis; "The World's Most Beautiful Voyage"
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Snowbound in BodøThe Knitting Hall of Fame; Døping the Baby; In Cod We Trust; Syttende Mai: Constitution Day; You Can't Eat Beauty; Acknowledgments; Snakker Du Norsk?
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780816656233
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe In Cod We Trust : Living the Norwegian Dream
Language:
English
