{"product_id":"giants-in-the-earth-a-saga-of-the-prairie-9780060931933","title":"Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eO. E. Rolvaag's classic novel of a family of Norwegian settlers in the Great Plains--a vivid and intimate portrait of the nineteenth-century immigrant experience and the exploration of America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased in part on Ole Edvart R lvaag's own recollections as well of those of his wife's family who were immigrant homesteaders, \u003cem\u003eGiants in the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is the riveting story of a Norwegian family forging a new life amid the harsh, desolate climate of the Dakota Territory. R lvaag recounts the hardships they endured on the high prairie--blizzards, locust storms, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, and culture shock--as well as their simple joys, culminating in a magnificent epic that bridges Norwegian culture and the history of the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A moving narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism. . . . The background of the boundless Dakota prairie, with its mysterious distances and its capacity for evil, is painted with alternating beauty and grimness.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolvaag, OLE Edvart:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - O. E. Rölvaag was born in 1876. His books include \u003cem\u003ePeder Victorious and \u003cem\u003eTheir Fathers' God.\u003c\/em\u003e He died in 1931.\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618397458706,"sku":"9780060931933","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_959662e7-7e71-466a-886f-83638398ee14.jpg?v=1732534838","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/giants-in-the-earth-a-saga-of-the-prairie-9780060931933","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}