Hans Mattson grew up in rural Sweden, emigrated to America as a young man and settled in Minnesota. His reminiscences cover hard pioneer years, service as a Union officer in the Civil War, a career in state politics, a Swedish-language newspaper that answered settlers’ letters, the organisation of emigration from Scandinavia and his post as consul general in India.
A lively immigrant memoir and a valuable source on Scandinavian settlement in the Upper Midwest. Download the free EPUB.