| Unto a Good Land: The Emigrant Novels: Book II Revised Edition Contributor(s): Moberg, Vilhelm (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873513207 ISBN-13: 9780873513203 Publisher: Borealis Books OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1995 Annotation: Book Two 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 Chicago County. |
| Additional Information |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95015847 |
| Series: Emigrant Novels |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (1.15 lbs) 402 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 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 |