A Norwegians Life in Chicago approx 1870
vernnd	Looking for some recommendations on stories to help me build a vision on what life looked like in Chicago for a immigrant Norwegians in and around 1870 thanks Paul
Hopkins	Check the book collection and archives of the Norwegian-American Historical Association. http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/
Jo Anne Sadler	An excerp from Odd S. Lovoll's book, A Century of Urban Life: The Norwegians in Chicago before 1930, published 1988: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/911.html You can buy this book for $10.28 at - abebooks.com If you live in the Chicago area, a major public library should have newspaper microfilms and city directories.
vernnd	thank both of you for two wonderful spots.