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In 1880 fifteen-year-old Carl Olsson leaves Sweden to work on his brothers farm in Texas.
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Hej Texas, Goodbye Sweden : A Swedish Boy in Early Texas
author
:
Munson, Sammye.
publisher
:
Eakin Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0890159483
print isbn13
:
9780890159484
ebook isbn13
:
9780585267739
language
:
English
subject
Swedish Americans--Fiction, Texas--Fiction, Emigration and immigration--Fiction, Farm life--Texas--Fiction.
publication date
:
1994
lcc
:
PZ7.M9275Go 1994eb
ddc
:
808.8381
subject
:
Swedish Americans--Fiction, Texas--Fiction, Emigration and immigration--Fiction, Farm life--Texas--Fiction.
Page i
Hej Texas Goodbye Sweden
A Swedish Boy in Early Texas
Sammye Munson
Author of Our Tejano Heroes
Page ii
FIRST EDITION
Copyright 1994 By Sammye Munson
Published in the United States of America By Eakin Press An Imprint of Sunbelt Media, Inc. P.O. Drawer 90159 * Austin, TX 78709-0159
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, except for brief passages included in a review appearing in a newspaper or magazine.
ISBN 0-89015-948-3
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Munson, Sammye. Goodye, Sweden, hej Texas / by Sammye Munson. p. cm. Summary: In 1880 fifteen-year-old Carl Olsson leaves Sweden to work on his brother's farm in Texas. ISBN 0-89015-948-3 : $12.95 [1. Swedish Americans-Fiction. 2. Texas-Fiction. 3. Emigration and immi gration-Fiction. 4. Farm life-Texas-Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.M9275Go 1994 [Fic]-dc20 93-38928 CIP AC
Page iii
For these Swedish Americans dear to my heart: Leslie, David, Mark, Paul, Christopher, and Matthew
Page iv
This book is fiction but was inspired by the life of Claus Munson, who came to Texas as a fifteen-year-old in 1880 and might have had the same experiences as Carl.
Page v
Contents
1. Southern Sweden, 1880
1
2. Walpurgis Night, a Swedish Celebration
9
3. Goodbye Sweden
16
4. Castle Garden, the Immigration Center
25
5. Welcome to Texas!
32
6. The Cotton Fields
39
7. A Visit to the Bergmans
46
8. Picking Cotton
55
9. The Search for Gold
61
10. The Cattle Drive
66
11. Thanksgiving in Texas
74
12. A Texas Christmas
82
13. Trouble on the Farm
90
14. "You Can Be Anything You Want to Be in Texas."
99
Photo Section
105
Glossary
111
Bibliography
113
Page 1
Chapter 1 Southern Sweden, 1880
"You're late coming home," Papa said gruffly.
"I stopped to skate on the Peterson pond," Carl explained.
"You're fifteen now," Papa reminded him. "You're no longer a boy who can play whenever he pleases."
"Papa, what's the matter?" Carl asked, taking off his worn boots and warming himself at the fireplace.
"I must talk to you like a man. It is hard to say this, but I must. Our farm does not make enough money for us to live. You have to quit school and get a job."
"You mean quit school forever or just for awhile?"
Papa's face looked old and worried. His brow was wrinkled. "I don't know," he said softly. Then he looked into Carl's eyes and when he spoke again, his voice was full of certainty. "You know how poor the crops have been. The drought has gone on for four years. They predict it will continue. We can't grow enough food to eat or wheat to sell."
"I'll work harder, Papa," Carl pleaded. "I'll work on the farm every afternoon and on weekends."
"That won't make a difference. I know you like school,
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