O.E. R酶lvaag (Author of Giants in the Earth)

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O.E. R酶lvaag

Born

in D酶nna, Nordland, Norway

April 27, 1876

Died

November 05, 1931

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Ole Edvart R酶lvaag was born in the family's cottage in a small fishing village on the island of D酶nna, in the far southern district of Nordland county, Norway. D酶nna, one of the largest islands on the northern coast of Norway, is situated about five miles from the Arctic Circle. He was born with the name Ole Edvart Pedersen, one of seven children of Peder Benjamin Jakobsen and Ellerine Pedersdatter Vaag. The settlement where he was born had no official name, but was referred to as R酶lvaag, the name of a narrow bay on the northwestern point of the island where the fishermen kept their boats. At 14 years of age R酶lvaag joined his father and brothers in the Lofoten fishing grounds. R酶lvaag lived there until he was 20 years of age, and the impr ...more

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	Giants in the Earth by O.E. R酶lvaag, Lincoln Colcord (Translator/Introduction) 4.04 avg rating — 6,001 ratings — published 1925 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peder Victorious: A Tale of the Pioneers Twenty Years Later by O.E. R酶lvaag, Nora Solum (Translator), Gudrun Hovde Gvale (Introduction) 3.79 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 1928 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Their Fathers' God (Bison Book S) by O.E. R酶lvaag, Trygve M. Ager (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 1931 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boat of Longing (Borealis Books) 3.99 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Third Life of Per Smevik (English and Norwegian Edition) by O.E. R酶lvaag, Ella V. Tweet (Translator), Solweig Zempel (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I de dage 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1924 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riket Grunnlegges (Norwegian Edition) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1925	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Concerning our heritage (Publications of the Norwegian-American Historical Association) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1922	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I de dage - Riket grunnlegges - Peder seier - Den Signede Dag 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paa glemte veie 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fort忙lling om norske nykommere i Amerika (4 books)
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Trygve M. Ager (Translator)

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“But more to be dreaded than this tribulation was the strange spell of sadness which the unbroken solitude cast upon the minds of stone.”
― O.E. R酶lvaag, Giants in the Earth

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“Here was the endless prairie, so rich in its blessings of fertility, but also full of great loneliness--a form of freedom which curiously affected the minds of strangers, especially those to whom the Lord had given a sad heart.”
― O.E. R酶lvaag, Giants in the Earth

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“When the quarrel had finally worn itself out they had found themselves at opposite ends of the earth, though lying side by side in the same bed.”
― OLE R脴LVAAG, Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie

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