A note on the pronunciation of the Swedish names
Introduction to the Emigrant Novels
Introduction to Unto a Good Land
Bibliography for the Emigrant Novels
Suggested Readings in English
Part One. In Search of Homes
I. A SHIP UNLOADS HER CARGO
II. BATTERY PARK
III. MILK AND WHITE BREAD
IV. A LETTER TO SWEDEN
V. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STREET IN THE WORLD
VI. JOURNEY WITH THE STEAM WAGON
VII. VOYAGE ON THE LAKE STEAMER
VIII. PEASANTS ON A SEA OF GRASS
IX. DANGER SIGNS ARE NOT ALWAYS POSTED
X. THEIR LAST VESSEL
Part Two. The Settling
XI. “WILL NO ONE HELP ME?”
XII. AT HOME IN A FOREIGN FOREST
XIII. DISTANT FIELDS LOOK GREENEST
XIV. A SMÅLAND SQUATTER
XV. . . TO SURVIVE WITH THE HELP OF HIS HANDS
XVI. AT HOME ON LAKE KI–CHI-SAGA
XVII. GUESTS IN THE LOG HOUSE
XVIII. MOTHER AND CHILD
XIX. THE LETTER TO SWEDEN
Part Three. To Keep Alive Through the Winter
XX. THE INDIAN IN THE TREETOP
XXI. THE SWEDISH SETTLERS’ ALMANAC
XXII. “MOTHER, I WANT BREAD!”
XXIII. THE LETTER FROM SWEDEN
XXIV. UNMARRIED ULRIKA OF VÄSTERGÖHL WEEPS
XXV. “AT HOME” HERE IN AMERICA—“BACK THERE” IN SWEDEN
XXVI. A LETTER TO SWEDEN
