The First Chapter of Norwegian Immigration, to Its Causes and Results: With an Introduction on the Services Rendered by the Scandinavians to the World and to America. E-book. Formato PDF Rasmus Björn Anderson   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The sketches of pioneers' are not well bal ameed. Some are long, while others are very short. This could not be avoided. In some in stances I have been able to secure tolerably full accounts of persons, while in other cases my materials have been most meager, and some times the facts are exceedingly limited, where much information would seem to be desirable. All such blemishes I must beg the reader to ex cuse. In spite of every effort it has in some cases been almost impossible to get more than the bare names of persons. In many instances I have been unable to get into communication with descendants, and then again the descend ants have not been in possession of the meces sary records. In this connection I would like to impress upon my readers the importance of keeping good family records for the benefit of their descendants and of future historians.

Norse Mythology: Or the Religion of Our Forefathers, Containing All the Myths of the Eddas, Systematized and Interpreted With an Introduction, Vocabulary and Index. E-book. Formato PDF Rasmus Björn Anderson   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Merica not discovered BY columbus having been so favorably received by the press gener ally, as well as by many distinguished scholars, who have expressed themselves in very ?attering terms of our recent de'but in English, We venture to appear again; and, although the subject is somewhat differ ent, it still (as did the first) has its fountain head in the literature of the North. We come, this time, encouraged by all your kind words, with higher aspirations, and perhaps, too, with less timidity and modesty. We come to ask your opinion of Norse mythology. We come to ask whether Norse mythology is not equally as worthy of your attention as the Greek. Nay, we come to ask whether you will not give the Norse the preference. We pro pose to call your attention earnestly, in this volume, to the merits Of our common Gothic or Teutonic inheritance, and to chat a few hours with you about the imaginative, poetic and prophetic period of our Gothic history.