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The Emigrants
The Emigrants
Author: Vilhelm Moberg
Vilhelm Moberg was one of the Swedes left behind by the great wave of migration. His grandparents had seven children, six of whom--all but his mother--emigrated. As a growing boy in Sweden he read letters from America, looked at pictures from America, read American newspapers. He has more than a hundred American relatives. And he points out ...  more »
ISBN: 271790
Publication Date: 1951
Pages: 366
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Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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I enjoyed this book. At times it was difficult to read because of the language translation from the Swedish. Once you get past that it was very imforative. The Emigrants follows three familys on their journey to America. This is book one of the triolgy. The first part of the book explains life in Sweeden in a small parish. The author takes great pains on explaining social order of the time. He also describes the family and how they come to their decision to immigrate. The second desribes life aborad the ship. You will learn what the day to day life was like. How had it was to be at sea. I recomand this book


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