More than a Dream by Lauraine Snelling

316 pages

6 and 1/2 hours

More than a dream continues the story of the Norwegian immigrants in the Red River Valley in the Dakota territory. Thorloff was a baby when they came to American and is now attending college at St. Olaf's in Minnesota. He is working at the local newspaper as he continues to study and write every chance he gets. He and the boss's daughter are both fighting the attraction that they feel for each other, she feels that her dream of becoming a doctor can not possibly include marriage and he misses Blessing, North Dakota fiercely and does not feel that that will be the place for her to fulfill her dreams.