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- Emigrants
- Book
- 1991
- Published by: Minnesota Historical Society Press
summary
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 1 introduces Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson, their three young children, and eleven others who make up a resolute party of Swedes fleeing the poverty, religious persecution, and social oppression of Småland in 1850."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 The Emigrants
- pp. xxi-xxii
- By Way of Introduction
- pp. xxvii-xxxiv
- KING IN HIS STONE KINGDOM
- pp. 3-19
- KARL OSKAR AND KRISTINA
- pp. 55-65
- "SUITABLE CHASTISEMENT"
- pp. 77-90
- THE AMERICA CHEST
- pp. 127-152
- A PEASANT BOWS FOR THE LAST TIME
- pp. 153-163
- ONE EMIGRANT PAYS NO FARE
- pp. 164-173
- ALL GATES OPEN ON THE ROAD TO AMERICA
- pp. 174-194
- PART TWO: Peasants at Sea
- pp. 195-196
- THE CHARLOTTA OF KARLSHAMN
- pp. 197-207
- FORTY PACES LONG AND EIGHT PACES WIDE
- pp. 208-225
- A CARGO OF DREAMS
- pp. 226-249
- HAPPENINGS ON BOARD THE SHIP
- pp. 250-265
- A BUSHEL OF EARTH FROM SWEDEN
- pp. 285-292
- AT HOME AND AWAY
- pp. 293-297
- STORIES ON THE AFTERDECK
- pp. 298-306
- IT WAS CALLED SHIP-SICKNESS
- pp. 307-315
- STORY TOLD AT THE MAIN HATCH
- pp. 316-323
- PEASANTS AT SEA
- pp. 324-334
- A LONG NIGHT
- pp. 335-347
- SAILING TOWARD MIDSUMMER
- pp. 355-366
Additional Information
ISBN
9780873517133
Related ISBN(s)
9780873512602
MARC Record
OCLC
794700979
Pages
366
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No