Giants in the Earth (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: O. E. Rolvaag
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: The Dakotas
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Blizzards, Suffering, Nineteenth century, Guilt, Midwest, Despair, Immigration or emigration, Farms, farmers, or farming, Storms, Depression, mental, Scandinavia or Scandinavians, Frontier or pioneer life, Insects, Snow
- Locales: North Dakota, South Dakota
Characters Discussed
Per Hansa, as his friends call him, born Peder Hansen and later renamed Peder Holm to fit his new life in the Dakota Territory. A strong, self-reliant man who came to America to be near his best friend, Per Hansa saves his small Norwegian pioneer community by his ingenuity and perseverance in the face of great odds. Though beset by family problems, the powerful man turns his wilderness tract into the finest farmland, superior to all the other farms in the region. He is loving, cheerful, and even- tempered, except for a few black and angry moods caused...
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