Abstract An American Manifesto by Norwegian Immigrants introduction by Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt: introduction to a letter written by John (Johannes) Johnson (Johannesen). The letter itself is called “An Account of Conditions in North America”, and talks about the struggles the Norwegian immigrants had as they arrived in the U.S. To Find a Better Destiny by Gene Estensen is about the immigration of Norway to the U.S., focused on immigrants from Telemark, Norway, and the family from the Lurås-Rue...