A volume in Moberg's Emigrants series

Unto a Good Land

Vilhelm Moberg

Literature & Fiction

Penguin

Last Letter Home

Karl Oskar Nilsson is unable to prosper as a farmer on this father's land in Sweden despite his will and determination. His brother Robert has read that in America the people have freedom and plenty, so in 1850 the families set sail for the land of milk and honey. (Unto a good land) : Arriving in New York, the Nilssons begin their search for land and the fulfilment of the dreams. But they have yet to discover the new and unexpected dangers that they have never known before: drought, locusts and cholera as well as the troubles they hoped to leave behind--proverty and hunger.

The Emigrants I and II

Penguin??Books

The Swedish emigrant story of poverty and heartbreak in America

The Emigrants III and IV The Settlers and Last Letter Home

The Emigrants

Genre Fiction

Max Reinhardt

TBS The Book Service Ltd

A History of the Swedish People, Volume II: From Renaissance to Revolution

Pantheon Books

HISTORY OF THE SWEDISH PEOPLE

History

Ancient Civilizations

Heinemann

Text: English, Swedish (translation)

HISTORY OF THE SWEDISH PEOPLE Volume Two

P. A. Norstedt & Soners Forlag

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 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

The Settlers (The Emigrants)

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