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Author
Series
Red River of the north volume 3
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Taming the land came at great price. Will their love survive the loss?
It has required long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory, but in spite of heartache and back-breaking labor, the hardy immigrants recognize that God has been with them every step. What was merely a dream is now beginning to take shape. And so they face the challenge of proving up their homesteads and building an official town for their growing community.
Hjelmer...
Author
Series
Red River of the north volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Ever so slowly Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmland. With the coming of the railroad, the small town of Blessing begins to prosper, and the Bjorklund family is reaping the promised harvest that had lured them from their beloved home in Norway.
But for Ingeborg and Haakan, realizing their dreams will not come without a struggle. After their own fields are harvested, Haakan and the neighboring men take the steam...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Her first mistake was emigrating alone. Was this one even worse?
Augusta Bjorklund, after discovering her intended bridegroom married someone else, decided to leave her broken heart in Norway and start a new life in America. But knowing no English, Augusta misunderstands a ticket agent's directions in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in the harried confusion, she boards the wrong train.
Her Bjorklund relatives eagerly await Augusta's arrival in North Dakota....
Author
Series
Red River of the north volume 5
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Author
Series
Red River of the North volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Author
Series
red river of the north volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Though she has known hardships in her life, Ingeborg Bjorklund chooses to focus on all she has been given. Blessed with children and grandchildren, she enjoys the friendship and support of the entire Blessing, North Dakota, community. And after several years of widowhood, she has reached a place of contentment with her life. Meanwhile, her stepson Thorliff is raising two children alone since his beloved Elizabeth died. But there is a new schoolteacher...
Author
Series
The Red River of the north volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
She had promised herself that once they left the fjords of Norway, she would never look back.
The promise of free land lures Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund from their beloved home high above the fjords of Norway, and after three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America, they finally arrive at the docks of New York City. This new land promises a rich heritage for their children, and here they hope to build a good...