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- Unto A Good Land
- Book
- 1995
- Published by: Minnesota Historical Society Press
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Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish pioneers in America. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels. Moberg's extensive research in the papers of Swedish emigrants in archival collections, including the Minnesota Historical Society, enabled him to incorporate many details of pioneer life. First published between 1949 and 1959 in Swedish, these four books were considered a single work by Moberg, who intended that they be read as documentary novels. These new editions contain introductions written by Roger McKnight, Gustavus Adolphus College, and restore Moberg's bibliography not included in earlier English editions.Book 2 opens in the summer of 1850 as the emigrants disembark in New York City. Their journey to a new home in Minnesota Territory takes them by riverboat, steam wagon, Great Lakes steamship, and oxcart to Chisago County."It's important to have Moberg's Emigrant Novels available for another generation of readers.”—Bruce Karstadt, American Swedish Institute
Table of Contents
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- Introduction to the Emigrant Novels
- pp. ix-xx
- Introduction to Unto a Good Land
- pp. xxi-xxiii
- Bibliography for the Emigrant Novels
- pp. xxv-xxvi
- Suggested Readings in English
- p. xxvii
- PART ONE
- I: A SHIP UNLOADS HER CARGO
- pp. 3-18
- II: BATTERY PARK
- pp. 19-21
- III: MILK AND WHITE BREAD
- pp. 22-33
- IV: A LETTER TO SWEDEN
- pp. 34-35
- VI: JOURNEY WITH THE STEAM WAGON
- pp. 56-80
- VII: VOYAGE ON THE LAKE STEAMER
- pp. 81-100
- VIII: PEASANTS ON A SEA OF GRASS
- pp. 101-106
- IX: DANGER SIGNS ARE NOT ALWAYS POSTED
- pp. 107-126
- X: THEIR LAST VESSEL
- pp. 127-144
- PART TWO: The Settling
- XI: "WILL NO ONE HELP ME?"
- pp. 147-159
- XII: AT HOME IN A FOREIGN FOREST
- pp. 160-182
- XIII: DISTANT FIELDS LOOK GREENEST
- pp. 183-201
- XIV: A SMALAND SQUATTER
- pp. 202-211
- XV: TO SURVIVE WITH THE HELP OF HIS HANDS
- pp. 212-225
- XVI: AT HOME ON LAKE KI-CHI-SAGA
- pp. 226-248
- XVII: GUESTS IN THE LOG HOUSE
- pp. 249-268
- XVIII: MOTHER AND CHILD
- pp. 269-270
- XIX: THE LETTER TO SWEDEN
- pp. 271-272
- PART THREE: To Keep Alive Through the Winter
- XX: THE INDIAN IN THE TREETOP
- pp. 275-288
- XXI: THE SWEDISH SETTLERS' ALMANAC
- pp. 289-303
- XXII: "MOTHER, I WANT BREAD!"
- pp. 304-326
- XXIII: THE LETTER FROM SWEDEN
- pp. 327-346
- XXIV: UNMARRIED ULRIKA OF VASTERGOHL WEEPS
- pp. 347-359
- XXVI: A LETTER TO SWEDEN
- pp. 371-372
Additional Information
ISBN
9780873517140
Related ISBN(s)
9780873513203
MARC Record
OCLC
794701020
Pages
372
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No