Trolls Remembering Norway

by Joanne Asala

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572160004
• ISBN13: 9781572160002
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Penfield Books
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"

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Troll Phenomenon!

In the days now long departed, so far back that no one can quite say when, the trolls came to the land of Norway...and they have been trouble ever since! Trolls Remembering Norway takes a look at the troll phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic. Part I features stories and poems by well-known Norwegian writers, including Peter Asbjornsen, Jorgen Moe, Henrik Ibsen, and Jonas Lie.Learn about thousands of trolls who have immigrated to America! Part II relates the adventures of the trolls in the New World with essays on Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, "The Troll Capital of the World," the troll carvings of Little Norway, troll dolls, storyteller Art "Grandpa" Stavig, and the first North American home of the trolls in Stowe, Vermont.Artist Judith Simundson tells how to make your own troll figurine out of paper mache!The book features the historic illustrations of Theodore Kittelsen, Erik Werenskiold, and H.J. Ford, as well as the photographs of Joan Liffring-Zug. This collection is not to be missed!