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Boyhood in Norway

by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

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First published
1892
Pages
126Digital edition
Language
English
Reading difficulty
4 of 10

A little about the story

Stories of boy life in the land of the midnight sun: a battle of rafts, a Christmas holiday, bear hunts, skiing and the rough fun of Norwegian schoolboys.

Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen grew up in Norway before becoming a professor at Columbia University, and he wrote these stories from his own memories.

Things You May Not Know About Boyhood in Norway

  • Subtitled Stories of Boy-Life in the Land of the Midnight Sun.
  • The Battle of the Rafts opens the book.
  • By a Norwegian-American professor of German at Columbia University.

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