Emigrants

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

THE EMIGRANT NOVELS Book I THE EMIGRANTS Vilhelm Moberg Translated from the Swedish by Gustaf Lannestock With a New Introduction by Roger McKnight BOREALIS BOOKS iii The characters and situations in this work are wholly fictional; they do not portray and are not intended to portray any actual persons. Borealis Books is an imprint ofthe Minnesota Historical Society Press. www.borealisbooks.org© 1949 by Vilhelm Moberg (Utvandrarna/The Emigrants) First published by Albert Bonniers Forlag AB, Stockholm Translation © 1951 by GustafLannestock New material © 1995 by the Minnesota Historical Society. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission , except in the case ofbriefquotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, write to Borealis Books, 345 Kellogg Blvd. W, St. Paul, MN 55102-1906. The Minnesota Historical Society Press is a member ofthe Association ofAmerican University Presses. Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica 10 9 8 7 6 5 @ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements ofthe American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. International Standard Book Number 0-87351-319-3 Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Moberg, Vilhelm, 1898-1973. [Utvandrarna. English] The emigrants / Vilhelm Moberg. p. cm. - (The emigrant novels / Vilhelm Moberg; bk. 1) (Borealis books) ISBN 0-87351-319-3 (paper) 1. Sweden-Emigration and immigration-Fiction. I. Title. II. Series: Moberg, Vilhelm, 1898-1973. Romanen om utvandrarna. English; bk. 1. PT9875.M5U713 1995 839.731 72--dc20 95-15848 iv To all my relatives in the United States, and to the tramlator ofthis book, GustafLannestockftom Sweden. v A note on the pronunciation ofthe Swedish names Ii is pronounced like the a in small(see Smtiland, literally Small Land) ii is pronounced like the a in add ois pronounced like the ea in heard j is pronounced like y vi ...