Description: The second book in Moberg's classic Emigrant Novels series.
Review Quotes: "A tribute to the unconquerability of the human spirit. This isn't a novel about pioneering; it is pioneering."
New York Times Book Review "The portrait of Minnesota is authentic . . . and it brings home to you sharply once again that in this span of a lifetime the face of the past, the face that so many preceding generations would have recognized, has disappeared for good." New York Herald Tribune Book Review "Impressive not merely for its epical scope but for its deep understanding of the psychology of the immigrants." Saturday Review "The author himself might have been one of the emigrants, living every moment with them, suffering with them, but recording . . . what all-seeing eyes might have seen." Chicago Tribune "Solid, leisurely, and very readable." New Yorker "An earthy story, frank in detail, but highly recommended." Library Journal "An 'epic' told with a restraint and sincerity that command respect. . . . A work of rare distinction and one warmly to be recommended." Catholic World "It's important to have Moberg's Emigrant Novels available for another generation of readers." Bruce Karstadt, American Swedish Institute