Author: E. C. Stangland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961327491
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Author: Mary Hirsch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999590829
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Ole & Lena Jokes have been around, especially in the Midwest, for decades -- just like Ole & Lena. It is a collection of jokes about those mighty fine Scandinavians Ole & Lena along with some of their friends like Sven, Lars, and more. These jokes are a tradition passed on from generation to generation over many years. You hear them at the kitchen table, at a pot luck in the church basement, in the fishing boat, and over a beer at the local bar. This is a collection of some of the jokes that have been passed around and some new ones that the author, Mary Hirsch (herself a stoic Norwegian), has written.

Author: Bruce Danielson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781591934134
Category : Scandinavian Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Uh-oh! Ole and Sven have put their Scandinavian brains together to create a bucket list of things to accomplish before they die. From illustrated jokes and gags with photos to various misunderstandings, read how Ole and Sven can foul up buying a house, visiting a castle and so much more!

Author: Willa Cather
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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My Antonia is a novel by an American writer Willa Cather. It is the final book of the "prairie trilogy" of novels, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and Antonia Shimerda, the daughter of Bohemian immigrants. They are both became pioneers and settled in Nebraska in the end of the 19th century. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong. The narrator and the main character of the novel My Antonia, Jim grows up in Black Hawk, Nebraska from age 10 Eventually, he becomes a successful lawyer and moves to New York City.

Author: Garrison Keillor
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages :

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Over 2,200 Jokes from America’s favorite live radio show A treasury of hilarity from Garrison Keillor and the cast of public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion. A guy walks into a bar. Eight Canada Geese walk into a bar. A termite jumps up on the bar and asks, “Where is the bar tender?” Drum roll. The Sixth Edition of the perennially popular Pretty Good Joke Book is everything the first five were and more. More puns, one-liners, light bulb jokes, knock-knock jokes, and third-grader jokes (have you heard the one about Elvis Parsley?). More religion jokes, political jokes, lawyer jokes, blonde jokes, and jokes in questionable taste (Why did the urologist lose his license? He got in trouble with his peers). More jokes about chickens, relationships, and senior moments (the nice thing about Alzheimer’s is you can enjoy the same jokes again and again). It all started back in 1996, when A Prairie Home Companion fans laughed themselves silly during the first Joke Show. The broadcast was such a hit that it became an almost-annual gagfest. Then fans wanted to read the jokes, share them, and pass them around, and the first Pretty Good Joke Book was born. With over 200 new and updated jokes, the latest edition promises countless giggles, chortles, and guffaws anyone—fans of the radio show or not—will enjoy.

Author: Willa Cather
Publisher: Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
ISBN: 1722525045
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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A haunting tribute to the heroic pioneers who shaped the American Midwest This powerful novel by Willa Cather is considered to be one of her finest works and placed Cather in the forefront of women novelists. It tells the stories of several immigrant families who start new lives in America in rural Nebraska. This powerful tribute to the quiet heroism of those whose struggles and triumphs shaped the American Midwest highlights the role of women pioneers, in particular. Written in the style of a memoir penned by Antonia’s tutor and friend, the book depicts one of the most memorable heroines in American literature, the spirited eldest daughter of a Czech immigrant family, whose calm, quite strength and robust spirit helped her survive the hardships and loneliness of life on the Nebraska prairie. The two form an enduring bond and through his chronicle, we watch Antonia shape the land while dealing with poverty, treachery, and tragedy. “No romantic novel ever written in America...is one half so beautiful as My Ántonia.” -H. L. Mencken Willa Cather (1873–1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of the Plains and for One of Ours, a novel set in World War I, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1943 and received the gold medal for fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1944, an award given once a decade for an author's total accomplishments. By the time of her death she had written twelve novels, five books of short stories, and a collection of poetry.

Author: John Louis Anderson
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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In this hilarious bestseller, John Louis Anderson shows with jokes, quizzes, anecdotes, stories and illustrations that there is a lighter side to being stoic, tall, relentlessly practical, and Lutheran. Illustrated.

Author: Bruce Danielson
Publisher: Adventure Publications
ISBN: 1591934893
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 95

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The infamous, bumbling, Scandinavian duo is bringing you a huge helping of laughs. Ole and Lena get mixed up about everything from winter activities to distant relatives, and the results are nothing short of hilarious! Black-and-white photos also capture the antics of this clueless couple. Give the book as a gift, and get one for yourself, too. You betcha!

Author: Pam Scheunemann
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 9781617146817
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Introduces young readers to the state of Minnesota through an educational story based on the state symbols, history and geography.

Author: Jerry Schliep
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546227482
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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We took the road less traveled, and it made all the difference. There were a few bumps in the road; however, we have always thought positively and had our faith. All had gone well. This book was written for my own purpose, for the grandchildren, and for the encouragement of my daughters. We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses (Abraham Lincoln, who shares a birthday with Jerry on February 12).