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Karl Oskar Nilsson is a headstrong young man with a will of iron. Yet even he cannot prosper as a farmer on his father's land in Sweden. With Kristina his wife and five small children to feed, the spring snow is the final threat to his livelihood. Robert, his brother, has read that in Ameri a the people have freedom and plenty. So in 1850, to save themselves from poverty, the families embark on a momentous journey towards a new life on the American frontier. But the land of milk and honey is reached only through desperate hardship.
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The Emigrants, Gustaf Lannestock, Vilhelm Moberg
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- Released
- 1991
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- Title
- The Emigrants
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Gustaf Lannestock, Vilhelm Moberg
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 1991
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0140167560
- ISBN13
- 9780140167566
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Historical Fiction, Classics, Scandinavian Literature, Sweden, Swedish literature, Scandinavia
- Description
- Karl Oskar Nilsson is a headstrong young man with a will of iron. Yet even he cannot prosper as a farmer on his father's land in Sweden. With Kristina his wife and five small children to feed, the spring snow is the final threat to his livelihood. Robert, his brother, has read that in Ameri a the people have freedom and plenty. So in 1850, to save themselves from poverty, the families embark on a momentous journey towards a new life on the American frontier. But the land of milk and honey is reached only through desperate hardship.