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G.R. Revelle
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riting 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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Sons of Norway
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Press Coverage
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Dunn County News
My Enemy's Child

Dunn County News
Vallkulla Book One


Denmark News


You Got Seek

Your Secret Admirer

Standard Democrat-Sikeston Missouri


Amazon France


Dalademokraten-Sweden

Volume One
(Eau Claire Wisconsin)




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Make no mistake, Sons of Norway Løven Lodge members in Eau Claire Wisconsin are avid readers. Their Book Club members have devoured about every Norwegian literary work they can get their hands on. When My Enemy’s Child came along, they chose the novel for their Read of the Month and then met with the author, to proffer their expert opinion about Nordic literature. And they're already asking for a sequel

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You never know who will come along and offer to play your fiddle.
Here's a tune which I believe translates to "Mountain Rose", played by an unknown Norwegian who stopped to chat with me,
(in Norwegian ???)

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At most festivals, someone wants to purchase our books, but hasn't brought wallet or checkbook. No problem, we're trusting folks. We give them the books, take their name and phone number and ask them to mail us payment...same for NSF credit cards.

If they forget (don't we all) we mail a postcard reminder; still no reply, we call. If they ignore two reminders, their names go here. In two years here are the defaulters out of thousands of customers.
There are many honest people in America.

Kathleen A. Mitchell, R.N. Canton MN,
Decorah Nordic Fest, July
2010, Check & NSF charge, $40
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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...
Music CDs
HD DVD
Video CDs

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

A sound snippet of some tracks...Listen

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.

Current Novels
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...)
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My Enemy's Child


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Katrina's Escape


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& USAF Bomber
Air Crew Interviews

Peter Martin, Canadian RAF Pilot
Howard Roemer (coming soon)
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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.
I completed reading the book ----- what a fine, excellent story you've told, Jerry!! I am im-
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.
Vallkulla
In Four Volumes
Scandinavia's Heidi Stories !
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Video of the Vallkulla
Book Covers Photo Shoot

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Listen to a
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Vallkulla
Book 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."

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Vallkulla Photo Shoot

This Dalarna goat supervised
the whole photo shoot...

Photographing at a fäbod/sater near Malung, Dalarna, a very particular Tess directs the adjustment the 19th Century kläder (clothing) the young models must don for the shooting. Note the model's bare feet and the gum boots worn by the crew. The models became very cold working in and out of the water all day..