is a continuation of
Giants in the Earth, a tale of immigrant struggles on the prairie of South Dakota.
Peder Victorioustakes up soon after the father Per Hansa’s death, the event that concludes the former novel. The Hansa family, who have now Anglicized their last name to Holm, are living on the same farm they homesteaded in the earlier book. The family consists of the mother Beret, and her two grown sons Ola and Hans, a teenage daughter Anna Marie, and the youngest child, a little boy named Peder.
Peder Victorious examines the challenges facing second generation immigrants who, unlike their parents, do not struggle with the earth, but with the tension between his ancestral culture and that of his adopted country. Another key aspect of the story is how the frontier
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Citation: Loges, Max Lester. "Peder Seier". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 July 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=26206, accessed 25 November 2024.]
