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In 1913, the year before he died, Charles J. Hoflund dictated his life story to his grandson, Stanley Hoflund High. That story is presented here for the first time in its entirety by H. Arnold Barton.Hoflund was born in Djursdala Parish, Sweden, in 1834, and emigrated to America with his family in 1850. His life is highly representative of those of most Swedish immigrants during the earliest phase of their great exodus to America. Unlike other immigrants who recorded their recollections, Hoflund provides a wealth of fascinating detail about life in his home parish before he departed for America.He gives a vivid account of the long, harrowing journey to America during the sailing ship era and describes the early days in the original Swedish core settlements around Andover in Henry County, Illinois. Opportunities came fast on the frontierthe day after the familys arrival at Andover, Charles was hired to work for a nearby Yankee farmer, allowing him to earn his keep and contribute to his familys depleted assets. Hoflund sought opportunity wherever he could find it. He tells of cutting timber in the Wisconsin wilderness, rafting down the Mississippi, matching wits with sharp-dealers, farming on the Illinois prairie, running for political office, and eventually seeking new possibilities in Nebraska.

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title:Getting Ahead : A Swedish Immigrant's Reminiscences, 1834-1887
author:Hoflund, Charles J.; Barton, H. Arnold
publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin:0809315211
print isbn13:9780809315215
ebook isbn13:9780585039527
language:English
subjectHoflund, Charles J.--(Charles John),--1834-1914, Swedish Americans--Biography, Immigrants--United States--Biography, United States--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century, Sweden--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
publication date:1989
lcc:E184.S23H564 1989eb
ddc:973/.04397
subject:Hoflund, Charles J.--(Charles John),--1834-1914, Swedish Americans--Biography, Immigrants--United States--Biography, United States--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century, Sweden--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
Getting Ahead
A Swedish Immigrant's Reminiscences, 18341887
By Charles J. Hoflund
Edited by H. Arnold Barton
Southern Illinois University Press
Carbondale and Edwardsville
Copyright 1989 by the Board of Trustees,
Southern Illinois University
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Designed by Joanna Hill Design
Production supervised by Natalia Nadraga
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hoflund, Charles J. (Charles John), 18341914.
Getting ahead: a Swedish immigrant's reminiscences, 18341887 / by
Charles J. Hoflund; edited by H. Arnold Barton.
p. cm.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8093-1521-1
1. Hoflund, Charles J. (Charles John), 18341914. 2. Swedish
Americans Biography. 3. Immigrants United States Biography.
4. United States Emigration and immigration History 19th century.
5. Sweden Emigration and immigration History 19th century.
I. Barton, H. Arnold (Hildor Arnold), 1929-. II. Title.
E184.S23H564 1989
973'.04397 dc19Picture 2Picture 3Picture 4Picture 588-30299
Picture 6Picture 7Picture 8Picture 9Picture 10Picture 11CIP
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of
American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence
of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Contents
Illustrations
vii
Introduction
ix
Preface by Stanley Hoflund High (1913)
xix
1. The Old Country, 18341850
1
2. The Journey to America, 1850
25
3. Early Days on the Illinois Prairie, 18501851
35
4. The Great North Woods, 18511852
43
5. Making Ends Meet, 18521855
57
6. Loggers, Indians, and Tight Money, 18551856
67
7. Settling Down, 18561869
85
8. A Solid Citizen, 18691887
85
Notes
107
Index
123

Page vii
Illustrations
(After Page 41)
Djursdala Church
Interior of Djursdala Church
Djursdala village
Lock at Berg on the Gta Canal
Gothenburg harbor
Bark Amalia-Maria
South Street quay, New York
Bethel Ship John Wesley
First Swedish Lutheran church, Andover, Illinois
Iron bridge at Davenport, Iowa
Bank Street, Orion, Illinois
Lumberjacks in the Great North Woods
Sharing snuff at the Hoflund farmhouse
Charles J. Hoflund
Christine Anderson Hoflund
Page ix
Introduction
Carl Johan Hoflund was born in Sweden in 1834 and emigrated to the United States in 1850, at the age of sixteen, after which he called himself Charles J. Hoflund. At the end of his life, in 1913, he dictated his reminiscences to his eighteen-year-old grandson, Stanley Hoflund High, who typed them out under the title, "The Autobiography of Charles John Hoflund."
Fifty-eight years later, a grand-nephew, David Lauren Hoffland of San Diego, privately published his
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