SVEN OFTEDAL’S RESPONSE TO NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN LEADER RASMUS B. ANDERSON

By JAMES L. JOHNSON

2014

Reprinted by permission from the author.

Contents:

Section One – INTRODUCTION

Section Two – ANDERSON, THE MAN

Section Three – ANDERSON: SELF-PROMOTER

Section Four – A KNOCK ON THE DOOR: A FAST FRIENDSHIP IN NORWAY

Section Five –  SOUND AND FURY: THE OPEN DECLARATION

Section Six – THE ANDERSON-OFTEDAL LETTERS

Section Seven – PAYBACK AND PATIENCE

Section Eight – LAST YEARS

Section Nine – NILS N. RØNNING’S MEMOIRS: LAST VISITS WITH THE LEADERS

Section Ten – ASSESSING THE CONFLICT