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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TOTHE EMIGRANT NOVELS IX INTRODUCTION TO THE LASTLETTER HOME XXI BIBLIOGRAPHY FORTHE EMIGRANT NOVELS XXVll SUGGESTED READINGS IN ENGLISH XXIX PREFACE The CountryThat Changed Them XXXI PART ONE I OLD ABE CALLS 3 II I AM CONCERNED WITH YOUR ETERNAL LIFE 13 III THE FIRST COMMANDMENT FOR EMIGRANTS 23 IV THE SETTLERS' HOLY DAYS 35 V THE TOMAHAWKS ARE BEING SHARPENED 47 VI KRISTINA DESERTS HER MILKING STOOL 56 VII HAS GOD INFLICTED THIS UPON US? 66 VIII THE LETTER FROM SWEDEN 76 PART TWO The Astrakhan Apples Are Ripe IX THE RIVER OR THE FONT? 79 X THE ASTRAKHAN APPLE TREE BLOOMS 9I XI KRISTINA IS NOT AFRAID IOO XII AND A NEW CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT 106 vii Vlll CONTENTS XIII EVERY WHITE MAN MUST DIE! 120 XIV WHILE KARL OSKAR KEPT NIGHT WATCH 131 XV THE ASTRAKHAN APPLES ARE RIPE 141 XVI THE THIRD COFFIN 147 XVII SONG UNDERTHIRTY-EIGHT GALLOWS 151 XVIII ONE MAN DID NOT WISH TO SUBMIT 154 XIX THE LETTERTO SWEDEN 163 PART THREE XX THE FIRST CHILD TO LEAVE THE HOUSE 167 XXI THE BRIDAL CROWN WITH PRECIOUS STONES 183 XXII THE FARMER AND THE OAK 193 XXIII THE LETTERTO SWEDEN 202 EPILOGUE I THE MAP OF LJUDER 2°7 II THE LAST LETTER HOME 229 ...