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- Settlers
- 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 3 focuses on Karl Oskar and Kristina as they adapt to their new homeland and struggle to survive on their new farm."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. xi-xxii
- INTRODUCTION TO THE SETTLERS
- pp. xxiii-xxv
- BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE EMIGRANT NOVELS
- pp. xxvii-xxviii
- THE LAND THEY CHANGED
- pp. 3-5
- II. THE WHORE AND THE THIEF
- pp. 32-44
- III. PLANNING AND PLANTING
- pp. 45-53
- IV. GUESTS IN THEIR OWN HOUSE
- pp. 54-76
- V. MAN AND WOMAN IN THE TERRITORY
- pp. 77-87
- VI. STARKODDER THE OX
- pp. 88-108
- VII. ULRIKA IN HER GLORY
- pp. 109-126
- VIII. "THAT BAPTIST ILK"
- pp. 127-136
- IX. HEMLANDET COMES TO THE IMMIGRANTS
- pp. 137-145
- X. SURVEYING THE FOREST
- pp. 146-151
- XI. THE LETTER TO SWEDEN
- pp. 152-154
- PART TWO Gold and Water
- XII. THE MARCH OF THE HUNDRED THOUSAND
- pp. 157-159
- XIII. A YOUTH WHO IS NOT YOUNG
- pp. 160-175
- XV. THE FIRST NIGHT—ROBERT'S EAR SPEAKS
- pp. 178-188
- XVII. THE SECOND NIGHT—ROBERT'S EAR SPEAKS
- pp. 198-212
- XVIII. THE MISSING GOLD SEEKER
- pp. 213-224
- XIX. THE THIRD NIGHT—ROBERT'S EAR SPEAKS
- pp. 225-238
- XX. WILDCATS OF MANY BREEDS
- pp. 239-251
- XXI. THE FOURTH NIGHT—ROBERT'S EAR SPEAKS
- pp. 252-265
- XXII. THE UNGET-AT-ABLE
- pp. 266-272
- XXIII. THE FIFTH NIGHT—ROBERT'S EAR SPEAKS
- pp. 273-298
- XXIV. WILDCAT RICHES
- pp. 299-309
- PART THREE Blessed Woman
- XXVI. THE QUEEN IN THE KITCHEN
- pp. 321-331
- XXVII. THE YEAR FIFTY-SEVEN
- pp. 332-337
- XXVIII. THE LETTER FROM SWEDEN
- pp. 338-339
- XXIX. THE LETTER TO SWEDEN
- pp. 340-341
- XXX. KARL OSKAR'S FOLLOWERS
- pp. 342-354
- XXXI. A BLESSED WOMAN'S PRAYER
- pp. 355-361
- XXXII. PARTNERS OF AMERICA
- pp. 362-373
- XXXIII. IF GOD DOESN'T EXIST . . .
- pp. 374-382
- XXXIV. PRAYER GRANTED
- pp. 383-391
- XXXV. TO RECONCILE ONESELF WITH FATE
- pp. 392-397
- XXXVI. THE LETTER TO SWEDEN
- pp. 398-399
Additional Information
ISBN
9780873517157
Related ISBN(s)
9780873513210
MARC Record
OCLC
794701014
Pages
399
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No