An intimate and detailed portrait of young Swedish women who chose to immigrate to America in the nineteenth century--why they left, what they found, and how th

A poignant, multigenerational tale of the Swedish-American experience for two disparate Chicago families

Memoir of the author describing his experiences as a first generation Swedish American growing up in Chicago as the son of an alcoholic father. Describes the da

This is the story of a Swedish-American family and their journey from Sweden to Rockford, Illinois, and the flowering of their family in that northern Illinois