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SUMMARY:Utvandrarna som återvände– en småländsk invandrare
LOCATION:ABF-huset\, Sveavägen 41\, Sveavägen 41\, 11183 Stockholm
DESCRIPTION:Book discussion about ”Utvandrarna som återvände – en s
 måländsk invandrarhistoria”\n\nAllan Larsson has followed emigrants f
 rom his home district in Småland\, from poverty\, their journey to the 
 ”land of promise”\, their lives in New York\, Chicago\, Houston\, Har
 tford and other cities\, and their return to the Småland countryside. 60
 0 emigrated\, 100 came back\, and Allan Larsson has followed around 20 of
  them. Fascinating stories. Among them:\n\nAlma Nordlund\, who became a d
 omestic servant for millionaire Vanderbilt and other wealthy New York fam
 ilies. She came back after 20 years!\n\nJanne Johansson\, who found work 
 in the coal mines of Pennsylvania\, became an American citizen\, was call
 ed up for military service and sent to Europe to take part in the final b
 attles of the First World War. Wounded in battle\, but he survived—one 
 of the few in his company.\n\nEnok Lindén\, who emigrated three times an
 d came back just as many times! He trained as an artist in New York and C
 hicago and took part in the Chicago Choir's trip to Sweden in 1920\, with
  concerts in 35 cities\, including a choir tribute to Gustaf V at Stockho
 lm slott!\n\nThrough the fates of these people\, the book also tells the 
 story of Sweden and America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.\n\
 nDick Harrison\, Professor of History in Lund\, has written the foreword:
  ”Emigration to the USA is certainly well represented in our historical
  and cultural canon\; everyone knows Vilhelm Moberg's epic about the emig
 rants and the musical Kristina frå…
URL:https://www.stockholm.com/en/show/e032675
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