Table of Contents -- The Immigrant Image of America -- The "Sloopfolk" Arrive -- THROUGH THE GREAT CANAL, AND OVERLAND -- ROOM HERE FOR ALL -- HERE WORK IS BETTER REWARDED -- THE COUNTRY IS GOOD, BUT- -- SO MANY PEOPLE MOVE IN -- THEY ARE STEADILY MOVING WEST -- Westward to El-a-noy -- THE LAND IS LARGELY PRAIRIE -- SPECULATORS HAD ALREADY TAKEN UP THE LAND -- THIS IS CANAAN -- CLENG PEERSON ADVISED US TO GO TO MISSOURI -- NOT A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY -- MEN OF ALL NATIONS LIVE HERE LIKE BROTHERS -- MAY THE LIES BE TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT! -- THE GREAT IN NORWAY HAVE THE UPPER HAND -- I AM NO EMISSARY TO PROMOTE EMIGRATION -- Wisconsin Is the Place -- NORWEGIANS OF MANY DIFFERENT CREEDS -- MANY CLAIM BETTER HEALTH THAN IN NORWAY -- LOW-LYING, SWAMPY PLACES BREED FEVERS -- WELL-TO-DO PEOPLE SHOULD NOT COME HERE -- EMPLOYEES ARE NOT TREATED HERE AS SERVANTS -- The Atlantic Crossing -- SOME SUFFERED GREATLY FROM THIRST -- A HAPPY VOYAGE TO US! -- AT THE QUARANTINE STATION, A WEDDING -- A CAPTAIN WHO DOES NOT SWINDLE PASSENGERS -- SOME ARRIVED IN NEW YORK VIRTUALLY DESTITUTE -- LIKE SO MANY PIGS STOWED TOGETHER -- THE CROSSING WAS VERY FAST, FORTY-TWO DAYS -- THE ONLY LAW THAT PREVAILED WAS CLUB LAW -- SOME WERE BEATEN BADLY ABOUT THE HEAD -- AT NEWFOUNDLAND WE CAUGHT SEVENTY COD -- THEY WERE ATTACKED BY CHOLERA -- TO SEE LAND ONCE AGAIN! -- MANY CONFLICTING FEELINGS STIR MY SOUL -- Scouting the Promised Land -- THIS LAND'S OVERWHELMING ADVANTAGES -- THERE ARE COUNTLESS THINGS TO CONSIDER -- Spreading the Gospel -- A BEER GLASS SERVED AS OUR CHALICE -- TO PRESERVE THE RITUAL OF THEIR FATHERS -- PEASANTS WILL RUE THE DAY THEY EMIGRATED -- CONTROVERSY AWAITS THE MINISTER -- CONFUSED BY SILLY NOTIONS OF LIBERTY -- WE HAD TO MOVE INTO A ONE-ROOM CABIN -- THE OLD, BAD NORWEGIAN CUSTOM OF DRINKING -- GIFTS OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY.

WE HAVE A NEWSPAPER, NOTHING LESS! -- TAYLOR HAS BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT -- Journeying toward New Horizons -- EVERYTHING APPEARS SO VIGOROUS -- OVER THREE HUNDRED WERE DROWNED -- HERE YOU MUST DO THREE DAYS' WORK IN ONE -- Ordeal and Debate -- IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD I RETURN -- DO NOT LET AMERICA ENTER YOUR THOUGHTS -- NOT ALL PEOPLE, ONLY SOME, SHOULD EMIGRATE -- WE THE UNDERSIGNED, YOUR COUNTRYMEN -- WELL PLEASED WITH PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION HERE -- MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT -- FREEDOM IS DRAWN IN WITH MOTHER MILK -- Appraising the American Scene -- LET THEM BE AMERICAN, BUT STAY NORWEGIAN -- AMERICA HERSELF HAS BECOME A MIGHTY NATION -- The Transatlantic Gold Rush -- GOLD IS FOUND ALMOST LIKE FISH SCALES -- UNDER A TREE, MY BOOTS FOR A PILLOW -- IT IS VERY HOT IN THE MINES -- I DECIDED ON OREGON -- COFFEE AND BANANAS ALL YEAR ROUND -- THE BEST TIME IS UNDOUBTEDLY OVER -- GOLD HAS ALSO BEEN DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA -- GAMBLING HOUSES WITH LARGE, ELEGANT ROOMS -- I HAD TO TAKE A JOB AS A DISHWASHER -- LIFE IN AMERICA IS A LIFE OF DRUDGERY -- PANNING GOLD IS A POOR SOURCE OF INCOME -- NORTVEDT IS THE BEST SHIPBUILDER IN CALIFORNIA -- THE ARMY WORMS AND LOCUSTS DEVOURED EVERYTHING -- THE BLOWS OF HAMMER AND AX ALL DAY LONG -- EACH WEARS A GOLDEN CHAIN AND HEAVY RINGS -- Cheerful Voices at Mid-Century -- A SUPERABUNDANCE OF FOOD HERE -- GOD'S BLESSINGS ARE DAILY BEFORE OUR EYES -- HERE YOU CAN GET TO OWN MUCH PROPERTY -- MUCH ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO EDUCATION -- A RAILROAD FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC -- THE HARVESTS WERE VERY RICH LAST YEAR -- More Than a Ballad -- THE GREATEST BENEFACTOR OF THE NORTH -- BUT OLE BULL IS NO BUSINESSMAN -- THERE ARE NOW 250 PERSONS IN THE COLONY -- LAND ENOUGH TO CHOOSE FROM -- WHERE IS OLE BULL? -- MOST OF US DECIDED TO LEAVE THE COLONY -- MAY 17 WE HAD SPLENDID FIREWORKS.

HIGH HOPES OF THE NEW NORWAY WERE CRUSHED -- A Humorist in Canaan -- THE HEDGES CONSIST OF SIDES OF BACON -- THE WOMEN LOOK, AND ARE PAINTED, LIKE ANGELS -- FIVE CENTS PLUS AN EMPTY STOMACH -- A QUART OF WHISKY, WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE -- MANY NEW INVENTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY -- A COZY CHRISTMAS, WITH BEER AND PUNCH -- THE SIERRAS, WITH THEIR CROWNS OF SNOW -- I FELL IN LOVE WITH A BLACK-EYED WIDOW -- A Lady Grows Old in Texas -- MOST PEOPLE HERE ARE METHODISTS -- CATTLE-BREEDING IS OUR PRINCIPAL LIVELIHOOD -- WE HAVE ORGANIZED A READING CLUB -- NEIGHBORS HERE ARE VERY KIND TO ONE ANOTHER -- THEY HAVE ORGANIZED A TEMPERANCE SOCIETY -- A HAUGEAN, BUT UNTIRING IN HIS RELIGIOUS WORK -- THE NEGROES ARE FREE NOW -- MY SWEET LITTLE THORVALD IS GONE -- I HAVE LOST MY HUSBAND -- MOST DIFFICULT TO GET HIRED HELP -- BETTER TO COME TO TEXAS -- YOU CAN PICK COTTON FROM AUGUST TO JANUARY -- TWENTY DEGREES, THE COLDEST NIGHT WE HAVE HAD -- THE PRICE OF LAND IS RISING -- BRING A FEW TREES WITH YOU FROM NORWAY -- LATER ON WE HAD COFFEE AND CAKE -- A HORSE DISEASE THAT SPREAD ALL OVER -- I MILK THE COWS AND LOOK AFTER THE GARDEN -- OUR PASTOR WANTS TO MOVE TO MINNESOTA -- NORWEGIANS ARE INCREASING IN NUMBER IN TEXAS -- WHAT RUINS A PERSON IS DOCTORS AND LAWYERS -- I READ EVERYTHING THAT PERTAINS TO NORWAY -- IBSEN DOES NOT APPEAL TO ME AT ALL -- A MONUMENT ON OLD CLENG PEERSON's GRAVE -- THE MOST DISASTROUS YEAR FOR TEXAS -- AN OLD CAT, A FEW CHICKENS, AND TURKEYS -- WHAT I MISS MOST IS BOOKS -- I GAVE MYSELF A CHRISTMAS PRESENT -- NORWEGIAN COUNTRY DIALECTS DIFFER SO MUCH -- I SHALL BE EIGHTY YEARS OLD IN FEBRUARY -- In Defense of the Southwest -- I PREFER TEXAS TO THE NORTHERN STATES -- THE EASILY AROUSED AMERICAN SENSE OF HONOR -- NO BETTER LAND CAN BE FOUND ON THIS EARTH -- THE INDIANS ARE NOT IN THE LEAST DANGEROUS -- AN EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP.

THE OLD, CONTEMPTIBLE MONARCHIC INSTITUTIONS -- ELEVEN HUNDRED NEW HOUSES IN GALVESTON -- From a Frontier Parsonage -- I SERVE SEVEN CONGREGATIONS HERE -- A NEW, BIG MIRROR, HUNG YANKEE FASHION -- AN INDIAN LISTENED DURING THE HYMN-SINGING -- THE RIVER IS FILLED WITH RAFTS OF LOGS -- WE NORWEGIANS SPEAK A STRANGE KIND OF ENGLISH -- ALWAYS A SENSE OF STRANGENESS HERE -- MADISON, WITH ITS ZINC-PLATED CUPOLAS -- FEATHER BEDS ARE PRACTICALLY UNKNOWN -- THE HOUSE TREMBLES FROM THE MEAT GRINDER -- RAGGED YANKEES ARE A COMMON SIGHT -- HUNTERS ON SKIS TIRE THE DEER OUT -- NOW WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A CHURCH -- RELIGION IS NOT TAUGHT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS -- IMMIGRANTS SUFFER HORRIBLY ON THE JOURNEY -- EVERYTHING ARRIVED IN PERFECT CONDITION -- AN OLD WRECK OF A PIANO -- WE DRANK A TOAST IN REAL WINE -- MOCCASINS SCENTED WITH WIGWAM SMOKE -- ALL BUSINESS IS AT A STANDSTILL -- SUCH WICKEDNESS THAT THE DEVIL REJOICES -- A PROFESSORSHIP IN THE NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE -- IN ST. LOUIS YOU'LL SEE TRAFFIC! -- The Beautiful Land -- WE ARRIVED AT MONTREAL -- THE VAINGLORIOUS, WORLDLY-WISE CITY -- LOCKS AND DAMS, CONTRAPTIONS I HAVE NEVER SEEN -- WOMEN LOADED WITH GOLDEN TRINKETS -- CHICAGO, A VERY LARGE CITY -- THE TRAIN'S SPEED IS TWENTY MILES AN HOUR -- WE CONTINUED OUR TEDIOUS JOURNEY -- YET ANOTHER NIGHT UNDER THE OPEN SKY -- DIFFERENT FROM LIFE IN OUR MOUNTAIN VALLEY -- THE INDIAN REVOLT HAS BEEN SUBDUED -- I LONG FOR A GOOD ALPENHORN -- THE PRAIRIE FIRE IS TERRIFYING -- I READ ENGLISH JUST A LITTLE -- SOLDIERS TO PROTECT THE FARMERS -- I GET 12 A MONTH FOR TEACHING SCHOOL -- THIS TERRIBLE WAR AND ITS AFTEREFFECTS -- VACANCIES FOR TEACHING POSITIONS -- MY HUSBAND IS WITH GENERAL SHERMAN -- HE NOW HAS AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE -- AN ENORMOUS QUANTITY OF WATERMELON -- LOCUSTS LIKE A BLINDING DRIFT OF SNOW -- LAST YEAR A WHEAT FIELD, TODAY A TOWN.

LITTLE SVEND IS EAGER TO LEARN -- IOWA IS AN INDIAN WORD -- A CLOCK THAT COST NINE DOLLARS -- MY GREATEST HAPPINESS IS READING -- A FLOCK OF BOYS WHO NEED ATTENTION -- HARDLY ANY MONEY IN CIRCULATION -- CHERISHED BECAUSE IT COMES FROM HOME -- THE HARVEST IS SMALL -- A NAME MORE IN CONFORMITY WITH AMERICAN -- THE BLIZZARD TOOK ITS TOLL -- FAR BEHIND IN THEIR STUDIES -- FEW HERE WHO CAN COMPOSE LETTERS -- ALL THE CHILDREN WERE ILL -- WELL HOUSED, BOTH MAN AND BEAST -- THE BOYS HAVE A THREE-YEAR-OLD PONY -- HERE WE ENCOUNTER NEW DANGERS -- IN NORWAY A SQUARE FOOT OF BARREN HILL -- NO CROCODILES IN THE RIVERS -- FROZEN TO DEATH IN A TERRIBLE SNOW STORM -- The Glorious New Scandinavia -- THE MILK AND CREAM ARE RICH HERE -- TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS ARE RATHER EXPENSIVE -- MY RIFLE IS ALWAYS LOADED -- TOMAHAWKS AND KNIVES CLAIM MANY VICTIMS -- ATROCITIES STILL FRESH IN MEMORY -- AMERICANS ARE PRACTICAL AND EFFICIENT -- OF IMMIGRATION WE HAVE SEEN ONLY THE BEGINNING -- A JOURNEY THROUGH THE RED RIVER VALLEY -- FIFTEEN LAKES ONLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS APART -- INHABITED ONLY BY BEARS -- SCANDINAVIANS MUST BECOME ASSIMILATED -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.