The Settlers (novel)
1956 novel by Vilhelm Moberg
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The Settlers (Swedish: Nybyggarna, 1956) is a novel by Swedish writer Vilhelm Moberg. It is the third and the longest part of his four novels in the series The Emigrants.
Plot
The book tells about the Swedish immigrants' new life in America where most of the Nilsson party and their friends have started to feel at home.
It also follows Robert Nilsson's and his friend Arvid's journey on the California Trail. They went west to join the Gold Rush.
Film, television or theatrical adaptions
- The New Land, a 1972 sequel to the first film by Jan Troell, The Emigrants (1971), is based on the last two novels, The Settlers and The Last Letter Home.
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The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg
- The Emigrants
- Unto a Good Land
- The Settlers
- The Last Letter Home
- The Emigrants (1971 film)
- The New Land (1972 film)
- The New Land (1974 TV series)
- Kristina från Duvemåla (1995 musical)
- Swedish Emigrant Institute
References
- ^ Book Cover Lover: Vilhelm Moberg - Nybyggarna Retrieved 2015-12-23.
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