Unto a Good Land

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Title Unto a Good Land
Author Vilhelm Moberg
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Genre(s) Historic drama
Publisher Bonniers (Swedish edition)
Released 1952
Released in English 1954
Pages 490 (Swedish edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-87351-320-7
Preceded by The Emigrants
Followed by The Settlers

Unto a Good Land (Swedish: Invandrarna) is a novel by Vilhelm Moberg from 1952. It's the second part of the The Emigrants suite.

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This novel describes the journey of the Emigrants from New York City, New York to Taylors Falls, Minnesota. They settle at the lake Ki-Chi-Saga (now Lake Chisago) in what is today Chisago County, and start building their home. Robert, Karl-Oskar's brother, take off to California with Arvid in order to find gold.


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