The Immigrant and the University: Peder Sather and Gold Rush California

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When: Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 6:30pm - 6:30pm

Where: Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America
58 Park Ave.
212-779-3587
Price: Free

Norwegian writer Karin Sveen, author of The Immigrant and the University: Peder Sather and Gold Rush California, tells the story of a poor Norwegian farm boy who achieves the American dream: Peder Sather was living on a farm in a remote corner of Norway when he immigrated to the U.S. in 1832 and made a large fortune that he used to found the University of California, Berkeley.

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