Astri My Astri Publishing

Astri My Astri Publishing Astri My Astri Publishing, owned by Deb Nelson Gourley, B.S., M.S., National Award Winning books — Deb rescued the trunk from the burn pile at age 8.

Astri My Astri Publishing is solely owned by Deb Nelson Gourley. Deb was raised on a 159-year-old Norwegian ancestral farm in Fillmore County, Minnesota. She received both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Minnesota. The name Astri comes from the name Astri Herbrandsdatter 1812 that was written on an old immigrant trunk. It was later discovered that the t

runk belonged to Astri Herbrandsdatter Børtnes Syversrud, Deb’s great-great-great-grandmother, who had emigrated from Norway in 1857. The name Astri, My Astri comes from Astri, Mi Astri, the name of an old Norwegian folksong. The song was based on the 2,000-year-old Horace’s Ode to Lydia. Deb has two sons and they both assist with the bilingual books: Alexander Knud Huntrods, aka Alex Huntrods, (translates from Norwegian to English) and Benjamin Keith Huntrods, aka Ben Huntrods, (transcribes from Dano-Norwegian Gothic script).

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602 3rd Avenue SW
Waukon, IA
52172

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(563) 568-6229

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Astri My Astri Publishing is solely owned by Deb Nelson Gourley. Deb was raised on her families’ Norwegian ancestral farm started in 1853 (5 years before Minnesota became a state in 1858) in Fillmore County, southeastern corner of Minnesota. She received both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Minnesota. The name Astri comes from the name Astri Herbrandsdatter 1812 that was written on an old immigrant trunk. Deb rescued the trunk from the burn pile at age 8. It was later discovered that the trunk belonged to Astri Herbrandsdatter Børtnes Syversrud, Deb’s great-great-great-grandmother, who had emigrated from Norway in 1857. The name Astri, My Astri comes from Astri, Mi Astri, the name of an old Norwegian folksong. The song was based on the 2,000-year-old Horace’s Ode to Lydia. Deb has two sons and they both assist with the bilingual books: Alexander Knud Huntrods, aka Alex Huntrods, (translates from Norwegian to English) and Benjamin Keith Huntrods, aka Ben Huntrods, (transcribes from Dano-Norwegian Gothic script).