Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Crimson snow Crimson snow Jeanne M. Dams Based on a 1904 unsolved murder case in Indiana, Crimson Snow weaves immigrant life, class and ethnic tensions into a taught drama featuring Swedish maid, Hilda, in the Studebaker mansion. OL14872649W
Land of Dreams Land of Dreams Joan Lowery Nixon In 1902 sixteen-year-old Kristin travels with her family from Sweden to a new life in Minnesota, where she finds herself frustrated by the restrictions placed on what girls of her age are expected or… OL15130595W
Kirsten's promise Kirsten's promise Janet Beeler Shaw Ten-year-old Kirsten regrets the promise she has made to a ragged boy she discovers alone near a wrecked covered wagon not far from her Minnesota home. OL19163234W
Mystery of the missing map Mystery of the missing map Lois Walfrid Johnson When thirteen-year-old Kate, her stepbrother Anders, and their friend Erik go to visit Kate's blind second cousin in Red Jacket, Michigan, in 1907, they decide to try to find a long-lost map that wil… OL2347794W
The Swedes in Wisconsin The Swedes in Wisconsin Frederick Hale "In the spring of 1841, six young Swedes and one hunting dog sailed from Gavle, Sweden, as extraordinary passengers aboard a merchant ship bound for New York. By fall of that year, members of the gro… OL3374097W
Evangelical Covenant Church of America Evangelical Covenant Church of America Dale Weaver 192 pages : 22 cm OL5202270W
Happy birthday, Kirsten! Happy birthday, Kirsten! Janet Beeler Shaw On a Minnesota farm in the mid 1800's, the hard working members of the Larson family find time to celebrate Kirsten's tenth birthday. OL67179W
Dear Papa Dear Papa Thyra Ferré Bjorn Editor: I have read all of this 4 book series, except one, Dear Daughter, and only because it hasn't yet shown up in our local Community Thrift Store. **Historically speaking, the telling of this fam… OL7266525W