Life story of Rasmus B. Anderson;

xix, 678 pages frontispiece, illustrations (facsimile) portraits 24 cm. Rasmus Anderson (1846-1936), the American author, businessman and diplomat, intertwines his life story with the cultural and institutional history of the Norwegian-American community as a whole. There are eyewitness accounts of tension within American factions and branches of the Lutheran church over such issues as slavery and public education as well as anecdotes about Ole Bull, Knut Hamsun, Björnstjerne Björnson, Robert La Follette, James G. Blaine and various European monarchs and heads of state. Anderson began his life on a farm in Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin. This copy in the original cloth with some minor wear to the corners; both hinges weak and starting. Rare in the original condition.