Tom Shoesmith
Giants in the Earth
A founding tale of the American heartland, Giants in the Earth tells the story of three families of Norwegian pioneers who make their way in…
Peder Victorious
Peder Victorious is the sequel to Giants in the Earth and follows the Norwegian immigrant community in the Dakota Territory. The novel cente…
The Emigrants
The Emigrants is a family saga of Norwegian farmers who settle in North Dakota in the late 1800s. The author paints a loving portrait of a l…
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
Frederick Douglass was born enslaved, in Maryland. He was taken from his mother in infancy and lived with his maternal grandmother, who was …
A Pilgrimage
Johan Bojer was one of Norway’s greatest writers, nominated five times for the Nobel Prize. His 1924 novel, A Pilgrimage, is on the surface …
How the Other Half Lives (Version 2)
Jacob Riis was a Danish photojournalist whose groundbreaking book documented the lives and struggles of working people – many of them recent…
Darkwater: Voices From Within the Veil
W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the greatest voices of the American experience, was born just after the end of the Civil War, was the first black A…