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Susie 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. Peder 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. Against a backdrop of hard times, crisscrossed by Populists, antimonopolists, and schemers, Rölvaag brings the struggle…
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2 editions- Other · English · 1983Their fathers' GodUniversity of Nebraska Press · 338 pages · 9780803289116
- Other · English · 1973Their fathers' GodGreenwood Press · 338 pages · 9780837170688
Western storiesFictionFrontier and pioneer lifeNorwegian AmericansSouth dakota, fictionFiction, historicalFiction, historical, generalMarital conflict