![]() ![]() There Karl Oskar and Kristina claim 160 acres and begin farming. Vol.2 Unto a Good Land: In the summer of 1850 their journey to a new home in Minnesota Territory takes them by riverboat, steam wagon, Great Lakes steamship, and ox cart to Chisago County. For ten long weeks they suffer the cramped, filthy quarters of the sailing vessel that finally brings them to New York City. Vol.1 The Emigrants: Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson, their three young children and other Swedes flee the poverty, religious persecution, and social oppression of Småland, Sweden. Their story is chronicled in this series of four novels, starting with their journey from Småland, Sweden to America in 1850, and following them as they struggle to make a new home in the Minnesota Territory. ![]() One of Sweden’s greatest writers, Moberg created Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish pioneers in America. ![]()
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