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G.R. RevelleWriting is one of my lifetime pleasures. I can't remember when I began to enjoy composition: grade and high school, university bluebooks...bring them on. Essay questions...I'd take them all; there's so much to say and how to finish before the bell rings!" Gerald Randolph Revelle was born in Ohio and grew up in SE Missouri’s Bootheel; "Jerry" has written fiction since the third grade, but didn’t take publishing seriously until later in his life. Photo journalism, short stories and other articles began to appear…most specializing in his Scandinavian heritage, including the novels "My Enemy's Child" and "Vallkulla", in four volumes. The only son of a second generation Swedish emigrant mother and a Southern father, Scandinavian folklore sometimes bubbles over his southern soul and blues harmonica playing. As he says, when suddenly digressing while fiddling a Swedish schottische: “…my catfish are swimming with the lutefisk again.” As a instrument-rated pilot and businessman, Jerry still finds time to folkdance, fiddle, fish and photograph and loves writing about them all. He studied English and drama at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis in the ’60s but has worked exclusively in the field of engineering and technology, both in the US and abroad, since. These years included stints on a couple Apollo projects.
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-BOOKS- When Catfish Swim With Lutefisk Stolen Children My Enemy's Child Vallkulla ~~~~~ THOUGHTS The Writing of Enemy's Child ~~~~~ Reader's Forum Read-post comments about our books ~~~~~ LINKS Worldwide Scandinavian Events Calendar NORDIC
AFFILIATES American Swedish Institute Camera-Q Cambridge Swedish Festival Dalarna Femund Förkarforening (In Swedish Danish American Center Consulate General of Finland Norden Folk (An American Pan-Nordic Organization) Sons of Norway (Løven Lodge Eau Claire) Consolate General of Sweden |
A book, mostly NOTabout fishing The tongue-in-cheek title of this collection of short stories and (some) previously published articles pretty well sums it up. We catch a glimpse of author G.R. Revelle's formative years growing up in the Mid-South, while still enjoying stories in his usual Nordic genre. "My dedicated readers, accustomed to novels with a Nordic bent, won't be disappointed," quips Revelle. "But they will be surprised at the differences in the cultures that I grew up in. Those characteristics, my Scandinavian Mother's and my Southern Father's, have always torn me, creatively." A recent national newsmagazine's article alluded to yet another written work interpreting Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) as a person and author. "I didn't know Twain needed interpreting; I'd pretty-much always taken him for who he was. I'll bet he might have a good laugh from the whole idea. Perhaps we will gain even more insight now with recent publication of his biography." From Jerry's first childhood remembrances of his Swedish grandfather in Wisconsin, to the not so easy lessons gleaned from an early career as shoe-shine boy in his hometown , Missouri barbershop, "When Catfish Swim With Lutefisk" might remind you of some of your own juvenile (mis)adventures. We know it will make you laugh and might even bring up a tear or two. ...296 pages, soft cover Recent reviews... |
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Kulning in Dalhalla
A new
CD with the herdswomen singing the sounds of the forest pasture. It
Includes instrumental horn music, also. This singing and horn playing,
cow and goat, was the Nordic version of yodeling...continued |
Nisswa-Stämman
2010
A brand new HD DVD Video of the
annual two day Nordic music and dance festivities held each June at Nisswa
Minnesota, USA.
From instrument, voice and dance workshops on Friday to the the kick-off evening celebration and dance, there is something for every one. Each year the acts and teachers change, insuring an ever changing venue for your every Nordic addiction. This HD DVD runs over 74 minutes. |
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Stolen Genes-Stolen Children
The
Nazi Holocaust attempted to eliminate whole gene pools. 21st. Century
science may offer a more subtle final solution through genetic manipulation,
stealing your family's genes...or will it eliminate them altogether and
like 1930s Germany, will you have a choice?
______________________________Two nurses, two countries, two ideals... In Pre-WW-II Germany two female nursing students meet at a Berlin university. Alena grew up wild and promiscuous in Berlin. Karin is the proper child of Swedish-Norwegian diplomats. Opposites attract and they quickly become fast friends, remaining so throughout nursing training. Employed in a Berlin hospital after graduating, Alena takes a lover, Lorentz, an engineering student and future Luftwaffe pilot. Hitler invades Austria in 1938 and Alena is eager to become pregnant and (Continued...) My Enemy's Child 
Who is the little girl? ______________________________ View A Video of Katrina's Escape 
Listen to WW-II RAF & USAF Bomber Air Crew Interviews Peter Martin, Canadian RAF Pilot Howard Roemer (coming soon) ______________________________ My Enemy's Child Reader's Comments
I wish you well with your book. I firmly
believe you are right to have a good love story in there, and for it
not to be too technical. My Mum & Dad met each other in the RAF during
the War. We know this was not uncommon. All the best. Charles P., England
Got your book---thank you so much! Love the cover!...Carole Y, MO. I am a member of the Sons of Norway book group and would be so grateful if you would personalize my copy of your book....Deb J..,WI We were excited to find out about your book and will enjoy discussing it at our Norwegian Book Group. Marge L., USA Mike just finished reading your book-----he thorougly enjoyed the story....there is a bit of the romantic in all of us. He reads constantly, many long historical novels, so this was right up his alley. Judy G. USA Your book is intriguing - am enjoying it very much! Marilyn S. USA! It was so very great to meet you at our VASA meeting. I am so very happy to have purchased your book. I have read only a few chapters but I can barely put it down! It is of the time period that I enjoy reading about and seeing videos and DVDs. Ron H., MN. pressed by your sensitivity and attention to detail. I honestly feel your story would make a MOVIE every bit as dramatic as Dr. Zhivago or The Titanic or Sophie's Choice. Really! The characters are well defined, there are so many dramatic scenes and locations. It's just an excellent book. Judy G., WI I found the book to be spell binding. I sent this e-mail to all on my e-mail list. My wife is now reading it and can not put it down. I hope you get some sales from my e-mail. Ron H., MN I loved the book; it was a mystery...it was a love story and I plan to read it again because of the detail. Ev K., WI It was a page turner; I stayed up late at night reading because I thought it was such a good story. Marge L., WI. Jag läser med nöje i din bok. Har nu hunnit till det ställe i boken där Alex ska lämna Herr och Frau Frank. Härom natten läste jag till halv två., John-Erik, Sweden. North American Press Coverage 
Denmark News TOPIC.NET WEBCRAWLER Eau Claire Leader Telegram Rotten Tomatoes Your Secret Admirer Standard Democrat-Sikeston Missouri Amazon France Dalademokraten-Sweden Volume One Dunn County News |
Vallkulla
In Four Volumes Scandinavia's Heidi Stories ! ______________________________ Video of the Vallkulla Book Covers Photo Shoot 
____________________________ Listen to a beautiful song of the fäbod ______________________________ 
Vallkulla
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Review from
Sweden "... even in conversation he seems to have a natural talent for relating thought-provoking scenes and portraying fresh perspectives." VolumeOne Magazine Deb Jarvar, Loven Lodge Sons of Norway reviewer offers: "...in
Vallkulla, “Author, Jerry Revelle, deftly
conveys a vivid sense of suspense, longing, and retribution in his novel.
The main character, Anna Stina is a strong willed Swedish dairy maid (and
unwed mother) forced to deal with injustice while maintaining honor.
A superb story written from the heart." Order a Book or CD?
Vallkulla
Photo Shoot
This Dalarna goat supervised the whole photo shoot... 
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