Title:
The settlers / Vilhelm Moberg ; translated from the Swedish by Gustaf Lannestock ; with a new introduction by Roger McKnight.
ISBN:
9780873513210
9780446311298
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Publication Information:
St. Paul : Borealis Books/Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1995.
Physical Description:
xxix, 399 pages ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Swedish series title: Romanen om utvandrarna.
Translation of: Nybyggarna.
Summary:
Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson struggle to posper on their new farm in Minnesota during the 1850s. Kristina, coping with a feeling of loss for Sweden and the difficulty of adapting to a new land, draws strenth from a new found spirituality. Karl Oskar brings more land under cultivation and harvests rye, wheat, and corn. Together they survive blizzards, grasshopper plagues, wildcat speculation in currnecy, and self-righteous neighbors.
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OCLC Number:
ocm32391776
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Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
Eagan - Wescott~1
