Giants in the Earth Resources

Check out this site for a quick n' dirty look at the man behind Giants in the Earth.

For a quick rundown and a solid list of selected texts, this is the place for you.

The power of O.E. Rölvaag's work is still being felt today. And if you don't believe us, swing by the Giants of the Earth Heritage Center, an organization that specifically uses Rölvaag's ideas to inspire better lives for U.S. immigrants.

Writer Neil T. Eckstein delves into the ways that Rölvaag's work critiques American history even while it seems to celebrate it. It's definitely worth a look if you want to see a flipside to all the rah-rah of Westward Expansion.

Kristoffer F. Paulson takes a deeper look at the history of O.E. Rölvaag's in-laws and argues that the ancestors of these in-laws gave Rölvaag the inspiration to write Giants in the Earth.

If you've read the book, you probably know that Beret has a really weird relationship with the prairie landscape in Giants in the Earth. Well here's an article that tries to make sense of some of the weirdness. After all, what's scholarship for if not explaining weird things in books?

This biker drew inspiration from Giants in the Earth while travelling across the Great Plains of America.

Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Vienna talks about North Dakota. Stock up on your North Dakota facts here.

Well there was never any movie made out of Giants in the Earth, so here's a short segment about whether any literal giants ever lived on our planet.

Look at that stare. Isn't it mesmerizing?

Here's O.E. having a pipe with one of his buds.

It looks like O.E.'s comb-over was on its last legs when this pic was snapped.