num_pages: 371
description: Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created the characters Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish immigrants in America. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels.Moberg's extensive research in the papers of Swedish emigrants in archival collections enabled him to incorporate many details of pioneer life. First published between 1949 and 1959 in Swedish, these four books were considered a single work by Moberg, who intended that they be read as documentary novels. These reprint editions contain introductions written by Roger McKnight of Gustavus Adolphus College, and they restore Moberg's bibliography not included in earlier English editions.The second book in the series,  Unto a Good Land  opens in the summer of 1850 as the emigrants disembark in New York City. Their journey to a new home in Minnesota Territory takes them by riverboat, steam wagon, Great Lakes steamship, and oxcart to Chisago County.The other books in the series— The Emigrants  (I),  The Settlers  (III), and  The Last Letter Home  (IV)—are also available from the Minnesota Historical Society Press.
language: English
title: Unto a Good Land
titlecomplete: Unto a Good Land (The Emigrants, #2)
characters: Karl Oskar Nilsson, Kristina Nilsson, Robert Nilsson
genres: Classics, Sweden, Historical, The United States Of America, Swedish Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Fiction, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 4512
places: New York City, New York, Great Lakes Region, Minnesota
series: The Emigrants
awards: awardedAt: -315590400000
name: Mikael Agricola -palkinto
publisher: Borealis Books