03592nam 2200757Ia 450 991045209150332120200520144314.00-8166-5420-4(CKB)1000000000481156(EBL)326391(OCoLC)476124071(SSID)ssj0000265640(PQKBManifestationID)11937585(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265640(PQKBWorkID)10295545(PQKB)10833133(MiAaPQ)EBC326391(OCoLC)182859500(MdBmJHUP)muse39990(Au-PeEL)EBL326391(CaPaEBR)ebr10206197(CaONFJC)MIL525839(EXLCZ)99100000000048115620070314d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUp in the Rocky Mountains[electronic resource] writing the Swedish immigrant experience /Jennifer Eastman AtteberyMinneapolis, Minn. University of Minnesota Press ;Bristol University Presses Marketing [distributor]c20071 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4768-2 0-8166-4767-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments -- A note on translations -- Preface : expanding Swedish America westward -- Vernacular writing : letter writing as a folk practice -- "Thanks for the letter" : the shape of the genre -- "Here are many Swedes" : nodes and networks of Swedish settlement in the Rockies -- "I work every day" : becoming American workers -- "I am sending money" : old country and new -- "Out West" : identifying with a new region -- "God's good gift" : religious language in the Rocky Mountain letters -- Identity, genre, meaning : what we learn from reading vernacular letters -- Appendix : the letter writers and twenty letters.Jennifer Eastman Attebery offers a new perspective on Swedish immigrantsÕ experiences in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico from 1880 to 1917 by interpreting their letters home. Recognizing the lettersÕ power as a folk form, Attebery provides a model for discerning immigrantsÕ shared culture in correspondence collections and brings to life small Swedish communities throughout the Rocky Mountain region.Swedish AmericansWest (U.S.)CorrespondenceSwedish AmericansRocky Mountains RegionCorrespondenceImmigrantsWest (U.S.)CorrespondenceImmigrantsRocky Mountains RegionCorrespondenceLetter writingWest (U.S.)HistoryLetter writingRocky Mountains RegionHistoryAmerican lettersWest (U.S.)American lettersRocky Mountains RegionWest (U.S.)Social life and customsRocky Mountains RegionSocial life and customsElectronic books.Swedish AmericansSwedish AmericansImmigrantsImmigrantsLetter writingHistory.Letter writingHistory.American lettersAmerican letters978.004397Attebery Jennifer Eastman1951-948642MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452091503321Up in the Rocky Mountains2144338UNINA