The Last Letter Home (Emigrant Novels): The Emigrant Novels: Book IV: Bk. 4 - Softcover

Moberg, Vilhelm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873513223 ISBN 13: 9780873513227

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

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 4 portrays the Nilsson family during the turmoil of living through the era of the Civil War and Dakota Conflict and their prospering in the midst of Minnesota's growing Swedish community of the 1860s-90s.

"It's important to have Moberg's Emigrant Novels available for another generation of readers."--Bruce Karstadt, American Swedish Institute

About this title

Synopsis:

America's Civil War and violent attempts by the Indians to regain their land in Minnesota force the Nilsson family--emigrants from Sweden and now citizens--to demonstrate their strength and courage once again.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0873513223
• ISBN 13: 9780873513227
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262