I Go to America Swedish American Women and the Life of Mina Anderson

Name: I Go to America Swedish American Women and the Life of Mina Anderson
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ISBN: 9780873518352

ISBN-10: 0873518357

ISBN-13: 9780873518352

Edition: 2012

Authors: Joy K. Lintelman

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Near the end of her life, Mina Anderson penned a lively memoir that helped Swedish novelist Vilhelm Moberg create "Kristina," the central female character of his beloved emigrant novels, a woman who constantly yearns for her homeland. But Mina's story was quite different.Showcasing her previously untranslated memoir, "I Go To America" traces Mina's trip across the Atlantic to Wisconsin and then the Twin Cities, where she worked as a domestic servant, and her move to rural Mille Lacs County, where she and her husband worked a farm, raised seven children, and contributed to rural Swedish community life.Mina herself writes about how grateful she was for the opportunity to be in America, where…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Publication date: 1/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Joy K Lintelman is a professor of history at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota . Her specialties include immigration history and women's history.