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The last letter home

Moberg, Vilhelm 1898-1973 (Author). Lannestock, Gustaf, (Author). McKnight, Roger, (Author of introduction, etc.).

Summary: From the Publisher: Book Four 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780873513227 : PAP
  • ISBN: 0873513223 : PAP
  • Physical Description: kit
    12 books (230 p.) in a tote box ; 11 x 15 x 7 + 1 folder.
  • Publisher: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1995.

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General Note:
Twelve copies of this title are in a book club kit for checkout.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxix)
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction to the emigrant novels -- Introduction to The Last Letter Home -- Bibliography for the emigrant novels -- Suggested readings in English -- Preface: Country that changed them -- Part one -- 1: Old Abe calls -- 2: I am concerned with your eternal life -- 3: First commandment for emigrants -- 4: Settlers' holy days -- 5: Tomahawks are being sharpened -- 6: Kristina deserts her milking stool -- 7: Has God inflicted this upon us? -- 8: Letter from Sweden -- Part two: Astrakhan Apples Are Ripe -- 9: River or the font? -- 10: Astrakhan apple tree blooms -- 11: Kristina is not afraid -- 12: New Civil War broke out -- 13: Every white man must die! -- 14: While Karl Oskar kept night watch -- 15: Astrakhan apples are ripe -- 16: Third coffin -- 17: Song under thirty-eight gallows -- 18: One man did not wish to submit -- 19: Letter to Sweden -- Part three -- 20: First child to leave the house -- 21: Bridal crown with precious stones -- 22: Farmer and the oak -- 23: Letter to Sweden -- Epilogue -- 1: Map of Ljuder -- 2: Last letter home.

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Subject: Minnesota Fiction
Swedish Americans Fiction
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Genre: Historical fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Consortium.

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  • 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Chisago Lakes Area Library BCK MOB (Text) 32050007025783 Book Club Kit Available -

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