Swedish roots
Subtitle: the legacy of George M. Stephenson, pioneer and patriot
By: edited by the Swedish Heritage Society Publication Committee ; including an introduction by H. Arnold Barton.
Contributors: Barton, H. Arnold 1929-
Publisher: Swedish Heritage Society
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Swedesburg, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
Subjects: Stephenson, George M. 1883-1958; Swedish Americans -- Iowa -- Henry County -- History; Swedish Americans -- Iowa -- Henry County -- Biography; Immigrants -- Iowa -- History; Henry County (Iowa) -- Biography; Henry County (Iowa) -- History; Sweden -- Emigration and immigration -- United States; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Sweden
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Legacy of George M. Stephenson, pioneer and patriot
Description: In the first article, When America was the land of Canaan, George Stephenson tells what motivated Swedish immigrants to come to America in the latter half of the 19th century. In the second article, Some footnotes to the history of Swedish immigration from about 1855 to about 1865, he describes how people who remained in Sweden, family, friends, officials of government and the church, responded personally and institutionally to the wave of emigration. The third article, Pilgrim and stranger, is autobiographical.
Notes: "Published in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Swedish American Museum Swedesburg, Iowa"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- H. Arnold Barton -- A; title: note on Swedesburg --; title: When America was the land of Canaan -- George M. Stephenson; title: Some footnotes to the history of Swedish immigration from about 1855 to 1865 -- George M. Stephenson; title: Pilgrim and stranger : the chronicles of George M. Stephenson -- -- 1.; title: America fever -- -- 2. A; title: new home in Swedesburg -- -- 3. A; title: boy's life on the family farm -- -- 4.; title: Learning at home and school -- -- 5.; title: Social life in Swedesburg -- -- 6. The; title: move to the city -- -- 7. The; title: academic years -- -- 8.; title: Higher education -- -- 9.; title: Life as a professor -- -- 10.; title: Discovering Swedish roots.