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Author:

Erickson, Lori, author.

Title:

The soul of the family tree : ancestors, stories, and the spirits we inherit / Lori Erickson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Erickson, Lori--Family.
Norwegian Americans--Genealogy.
Norwegian Americans--Ethnic identity.
Norwegian Americans--Spiritual life.
Erickson, Lori--Travel--Norway.
Norwegian Americans--Social life and customs.
Genealogy--Religious aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references.

Contents:

Prologue: a genealogical golden ticket -- DNA: the lazy person's entry into genealogy -- Badly behaving relatives -- A Norse soap opera -- Back to the future -- Living history -- The perils of mythmaking -- The ever-expanding web -- Time capsules of the past -- A visit to the Holy Land -- Travels with St. Olaf -- Epilogue: on board the dragon -- A Norse cheat sheet.

Summary:

"Travel with Lori Erickson as she finds unexpected spiritual guides among the seafaring Vikings and her hardscrabble immigrant forebears. Then explore how the spirits of your ancestral past can guide you today"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0664267033
9780664267032

LCCN:

2021012015

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

KHPB566 -- Donnellson Public Library (Donnellson)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YDPC572 -- Lisbon Public Library (Lisbon)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)