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 Emigra
Unto A Good Land
β Scribed by Moberg, Vilhelm
- Book ID
- 107782562
- Publisher
- BookMobile
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 323 KB
- Series
- The Emigrants 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780873517140
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
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.
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