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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.
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.
Immigrant homesteaders speak only Norwegian causing interesting situations. Writings about children's games, escapades, school and work. ... 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
by Ole Rølvaag
Their Fathers' God, the final book in the trilogy, was written in 1931, and the emphasis is on intense and dramatic projections of the Minnesota and Dakota prairies and the whole westward movement in America.
Against a backdrop of hard times and mixed feelings brought on by the Populist and anti-monopolist movements occurring in ... ... more
A novel inspired by Rolfrud's immigrant mother. Fiction based upon experiences of single women and widows who homesteaded, often beginning in sod huts. ... more