The Unknown Swedes: A Book about Swedes and America, Past and Present

by Vilhelm Moberg

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In these nine essays Vilhelm Moberg blends history with poetic license to create an America viewed by a Swedish emigrant in the middle of the 20th century.

Roger McKnight's translation of The Unknown Swedes is the first English-language book to reveal Moberg's views on emigration, America, and Sweden. In the 1950 edition of The Unknown Swedes, Moberg was guardedly optimistic about the United States. In 1968 Moberg, distraught...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:080931486X

ISBN13:9780809314867

Release Date:December 1988

Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Americas Essays Europe Historical Study & Educational Resources History Politics & Social Sciences Scandinavia Social Sciences

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