Nora Johanson traveled from Norway to North Dakota to marry the
man she loved. There were difficulties going by ship and train with
many delays. Upon arrival at her destination she had only four cents
remaining and no one met her train. As it was late at night, cold and
she did not have money for a hotel room, the depot master took her to
the pastor's house. There she became friends with Ingeborge and
Reverend Moen and their children. They, too, spoke Norwegian so she was
able to relay her story to them. It seems her intended had died of the
fever before Nora arrived in North Dakota. Until she found a place for
herself she could stay with the Moen family. The situation she found
for her to work and live was most unexpected and most certainly a hard path. Place this book on hold in the catalog. It is also available in large print.
~Beth H.
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