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A Flying Trip Through Norway (Norwegian HIstory Literature)

A Flying Trip Through Norway (Norwegian HIstory Literature)

John Ross Browne
4.7/5 ( ratings)
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A tongue-in-cheek Mark Twain-like tour — A tale as informative as it is enchanting and entertaining ... with enough details and observations to satisfy most any traveler with a historic bent ... A truly great tale, cleverly organized and conducted ... expertly written.
An American's engaging and personal travelogue — Complex and bittersweet personal story ... he is a bachelor imbued with terror of the female sex but encounters the "most beautiful girl in the world." Her charms ensnare him so much he falls in love with her during a wild down hill ride but sadly finds out she is engaged to be married.
This is a flying trip through Norway’s interior — reflecting Norwegian society in 1860's outside the cities. It was written when very few people traveled through the wild mountain valleys. His story takes hold of you from the beginning and never lets go, as it combines history, romance, anthropology and sociology as only a very observant and educated writer can present it.
The text is furnished with numerous illustrations from the Harper’s Magazine. These illustrations are those wonderful original drawings that were the trademark of Harper's New Monthly Magazine of the 1850's ... hilarious cartoons by its famous commentator and editor Thomas Nast.
During his tour by horse and cariole from Christiania to rondheim is a grand our through the central valley of Gudbrandsdalen. The author declares himself to be an artist traveling through Europe making sketches as a pastime, obviously, the Norwegians he met suspected him to be a wealthy person, coming, as he did, from that fabulously rich land where "people make thousands of dollars every day digging for gold."
Harper’s magazine attracted numerous readers in the Eastern states of America, by printing material otherwise often difficult to obtain in the United States. Another major reason for its early success was its unique, first class illustrations, especially the cartoon-like renditions of people and places by its famous commentator and editor Thomas Nast.
In this version all his fabulous illustrations have been reprinted, including those that paint an unfortunate or incorrect picture of Norway, by exaggeration, caricature, misunderstanding, or just for poor enjoyment.
Language
English
Pages
82
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Per A. Holst Forlag
Release
July 05, 2012

A Flying Trip Through Norway (Norwegian HIstory Literature)

John Ross Browne
4.7/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
A tongue-in-cheek Mark Twain-like tour — A tale as informative as it is enchanting and entertaining ... with enough details and observations to satisfy most any traveler with a historic bent ... A truly great tale, cleverly organized and conducted ... expertly written.
An American's engaging and personal travelogue — Complex and bittersweet personal story ... he is a bachelor imbued with terror of the female sex but encounters the "most beautiful girl in the world." Her charms ensnare him so much he falls in love with her during a wild down hill ride but sadly finds out she is engaged to be married.
This is a flying trip through Norway’s interior — reflecting Norwegian society in 1860's outside the cities. It was written when very few people traveled through the wild mountain valleys. His story takes hold of you from the beginning and never lets go, as it combines history, romance, anthropology and sociology as only a very observant and educated writer can present it.
The text is furnished with numerous illustrations from the Harper’s Magazine. These illustrations are those wonderful original drawings that were the trademark of Harper's New Monthly Magazine of the 1850's ... hilarious cartoons by its famous commentator and editor Thomas Nast.
During his tour by horse and cariole from Christiania to rondheim is a grand our through the central valley of Gudbrandsdalen. The author declares himself to be an artist traveling through Europe making sketches as a pastime, obviously, the Norwegians he met suspected him to be a wealthy person, coming, as he did, from that fabulously rich land where "people make thousands of dollars every day digging for gold."
Harper’s magazine attracted numerous readers in the Eastern states of America, by printing material otherwise often difficult to obtain in the United States. Another major reason for its early success was its unique, first class illustrations, especially the cartoon-like renditions of people and places by its famous commentator and editor Thomas Nast.
In this version all his fabulous illustrations have been reprinted, including those that paint an unfortunate or incorrect picture of Norway, by exaggeration, caricature, misunderstanding, or just for poor enjoyment.
Language
English
Pages
82
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Per A. Holst Forlag
Release
July 05, 2012

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