{"product_id":"the-emigrants","title":"Moberg Series #1 - The Emigrants","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first book in Vilhelm Moberg's four-volume Emigrant novel series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConsidered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish pioneers in America. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMoberg's extensive research in the papers of Swedish emigrants in archival collections, including the Minnesota Historical Society, 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 editions contain introductions written by Roger McKnight, Gustavus Adolphus College, and restore Moberg's bibliography not included in earlier English editions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook 1 introduces Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson, their three young children, and eleven others who make up a resolute party of Swedes fleeing the poverty, religious persecution, and social oppression of Småland in 1850.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"It's important to have Moberg's Emigrant Novels available for another generation of readers.\" —Bruce Karlstadt, American Swedish Institute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Skandisk Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48087929815360,"sku":"HIB430","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/3124\/6656\/files\/hib430_500x_d513a57e-510f-4b97-9fd8-36725aeed2a5.webp?v=1720722441","url":"https:\/\/www.scandinaviangifts.com\/products\/the-emigrants","provider":"Scandinavian Gift Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}