Looking for a New Frontier: The Story of the Edwin Pearson Family

This is a story of the people that made America great. The story starts in Skåne, Sweden where Edwin's father's dream of America began. Chronicled here are the dreams, desires, aspirations and drives that motivated the Pearson family to make the cutover land of Northern Wisconsin their home. This narrative is related with intriguing anecdotes and spiced with Old Country humor. You will find a reflection of grass roots home spun Americana in every one of the real people who laid the foundation of a community that was part of the American dream.

Jane Pearson Grimsrud spent her childhood living in the community of Cloverland located on the shore of Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin. Her father was a storyteller and a historian of the area. Jane was always writing letters and helping her father search for the stories of the people who had come before them. She walked the fields of their farm with her father and he showed her the places where Indians had camped and left behind their arrowheads and knives. When her father came upon an abandoned homestead with 3 graves marked with crude wooden crosses, Jane and her father had to find the story behind the graves. While in high school, Jane wrote her first book about the history of the people who left the 3 graves of children behind. Jane has spent her adult life looking for new frontiers. With her husband, John M. Grimsrud, she built a 46 foot sailboat and left the North Country behind and sailed South to a warmer climate. Jane's husband has published 3 volumes about their travels titled Travels of Dursmirg. Jane currently resides with her husband in Mérida, Yucatán, México.