Download or read book The Rise of Jonas Olsen written by Johannes Benjamin Wist and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published serially in the Norwegian-language newspaper Decorah Posten in the 1920s, The Rise of Jonas Olsen illustrates an immigrant's struggle to preserve his identity and heritage while striving to become fully accepted as an American."--BOOK JACKET.