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A novel inspired by Rolfrud’s immigrant mother. Fiction based upon experiences of single women and widows who homesteaded, often beginning in sod huts.
A novel inspired by Rolfrud’s immigrant mother. Fiction based upon experiences of single women and widows who homesteaded, often beginning in sod huts.
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by Vilhelm Moberg
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. ... more
by Vilhelm Moberg
Book 4 portrays the Nilsson family during the turmoil of the Civil War and Dakota Conflict and their prospering in the midst of Minnesota's growing Swedish community of the 1860s-90s. ... more
by Vilhelm Moberg
Book 3 focuses on Karl Oskar and Kristina as they adapt to their new homeland and struggle to survive on their new farm. ... more