Unto a Good Land
Unto a Good Land (Swedish: Invandrarna, 1952) is a Swedish novel by Vilhelm Moberg. It is the second of his four-novel The Emigrants series.
 First edition | |
| Author | Vilhelm Moberg |
|---|---|
| Original title | 'Invandrarna' |
| Translator | Gustaf Lannestock |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | The Emigrants |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Bonniers (Swedish edition) |
Publication date | 1952 |
Published in English | 1954 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 490 (Swedish edition) |
| ISBN | 0-87351-320-7 |
| OCLC | 32346945 |
| 839.73/72 20 | |
| LC Class | PT9875.M5 I613 1995 |
| Preceded by | The Emigrants |
| Followed by | The Settlers |
It was translated into English in 1954, and also published in other languages. Together with the first novel, this was adapted as a film The Emigrants (1971), directed by Jan Troell. A sequel based on the third and fourth novels was released in 1972.
Plot
This novel describes the journey of the Swedish Nilsson family (from The Emigrants) from New York City, New York, where they had landed, to Taylors Falls, Minnesota. With homesteading land available, they settle at the lake Ki-Chi-Saga (now Lake Chisago) in what was then Minnesota Territory. Today this area is Chisago County of the state of Minnesota.) There the Nilssons started building a dwelling and structures for a farm.
Robert, Karl-Oskar's younger brother, takes off for California with his friend Arvid to join the search for gold, as the Gold Rush is still on.