Up in the Rocky Mountains: Writing the Swedish Immigrant Experience

by Jennifer Eastman Attebery

Book Overview

Before the turn of the twentieth century, many Swedish men emigrated to the American Rockies as itinerant laborers, drawn by the region's developing industries. Single Swedish women ventured west, too, and whole families migrated, settling into farm communities. By 1920, one-fifth of all Swedish immigrants were living in the West.

In Up in the Rocky Mountains, Jennifer Eastman Attebery offers a new perspective on Swedish immigrants'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816647682
• ISBN13: 9780816647682
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"