Anders Beer Wilse Photography: Life of a Young Norwegian Pioneer (1884-1900 in USA)

Anders Beer Wilse Photography: Life of a Young Norwegian Pioneer En Emigrants Ungdomserindringer Volume 1 Written and photographed by Anders Beer Wilse Translated into English by Odd-Steinar Dybvad Raneng Edited by Deb Nelson Gourley and Christian Wilse Bilingual English Norwegian Published by Deb Nelson Gourley, Astri My Astri Publishing Autobiographical work and photography Early immigrant life, Minnesota to Washington Mount Wilse named after him in Montana 144 pages, 7" x 10", over 100 Wilse images of Norway and USA Bilingual English Norwegian text in the same book Hardcover and Smyth sewn for highest quality ISBN: 978-0-9859712-2-9 © 2015, Printed in U.S.A. Anders Beer Wilse, 1865-1949, was born in Vest-Agder and raised in Telemark, Norway. Having received his technical degree, Wilse immigrated to America in 1884 and worked as a railroad engineer and cartographer from Minnesota to Washington. He nearly drowned in 1888 on a return visit home to Norway aboard the emigrant s