{"product_id":"their-fathers-god-paperback","title":"Their Fathers' God - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eO. E. Rölvaag\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTrygve M. Ager\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusie Doheny, an Irish Catholic, and Peder Holm, a Norwegian Lutheran, fall in love and marry in South Dakota in the 1890s. Soon their marriage is tested by drought, depression, and family bickering. Susie believes they are being tested by their fathers' God. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeder blames Susie for the timidity of her beliefs; Susie fears Peder's pride and skepticism. When political antagonism grows between the Norwegian and Irish immigrant communities, it threatens to split their marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst a backdrop of hard times, crisscrossed by Populists, antimonopolists, and schemers, Rölvaag brings the struggle of immigrants into the twentieth century. In \u003ci\u003eGiants in the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e the Holm family strained to wrest a homestead from the land. In \u003ci\u003ePeder Victorious\u003c\/i\u003e the American-born children searched for a new national identity, often defying the traditions their parents fought to uphold. In \u003ci\u003eTheir Fathers' God\u003c\/i\u003e, Rölvaag's most soul-searching novel, the first-generation americans enter a world of ruthless competition in the midst of scarcity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe University of Nebraska Press also publishes \u003ci\u003ePeder Victorious\u003c\/i\u003e and Paul Reigstad's \u003ci\u003eRölvaag: His Life and Art\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusie Doheny, an Irish Catholic, and Peder Horm, a Norwegian Lutheran, fall in love and marry in South Dakota in the 1890s. Soon their marriage is tested by drought, depression, and family bickering. Susie believes they are tested by their fathers' God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.06 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1983\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45676151668780,"sku":"9780803289116","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0954\/5772\/files\/yMx0KFEByW9780803289116.webp?v=1781785483","url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/their-fathers-god-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}