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200 10$aUp in the Rocky Mountains $ewriting the Swedish immigrant experience /$fJennifer Eastman Attebery
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aMinneapolis, Minn. $cUniversity of Minnesota Press ;$aBristol $cUniversity Presses Marketing [distributor]$dc2007
215   $a1 online resource (326 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aAcknowledgments -- 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.
330   $aJennifer Eastman Attebery offers a new perspective on Swedish immigrantsO? experiences in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico from 1880 to 1917 by interpreting their letters home. Recognizing the lettersO? power as a folk form, Attebery provides a model for discerning immigrantsO? shared culture in correspondence collections and brings to life small Swedish communities throughout the Rocky Mountain region.
606   $aSwedish Americans$zWest (U.S.)$vCorrespondence
606   $aSwedish Americans$zRocky Mountains Region$vCorrespondence
606   $aImmigrants$zWest (U.S.)$vCorrespondence
606   $aImmigrants$zRocky Mountains Region$vCorrespondence
606   $aLetter writing$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory
606   $aLetter writing$zRocky Mountains Region$xHistory
606   $aAmerican letters$zWest (U.S.)
606   $aAmerican letters$zRocky Mountains Region
607   $aWest (U.S.)$xSocial life and customs
607   $aRocky Mountains Region$xSocial life and customs
615  0$aSwedish Americans
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615  0$aImmigrants
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615  0$aLetter writing$xHistory.
615  0$aLetter writing$xHistory.
615  0$aAmerican letters
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