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An Oral History, is the story of courageous Norwegian emigrant fishing families of the 20th century, who founded the scallop and crab fisheries on two coasts and made personal sacrifices of boats, lives and limbs. A new kind of emigration, the "pendlers", who went back and forth to Norway, still, and who truly are people of two countries.
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Biography, Emigration and immigration, Fishers, History, Immigrants, Norwegian Americans, Oral history, Social life and customs, boats, courage, culturePlaces
Massachusetts, New Bedford, Norway, Seattle, Fairhaven, AlaskaTimes
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Following the Waters: Voices from the Final Norwegian Emigration. An oral history about courageous emigrant commercial fishing families.
January 1, 2005, Leifur Publications
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Following the waters: voices from the final Norwegian emigration : an oral history & personal perspective on the triumphs & tragedies, adventures & lifestyles of Norwegian emigrant fishermen & their families during the twentieth century
2004, Leifur, Leifur Publications, Brand: Leifur Publications
in English
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