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BL
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1019196
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b773566
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Attebery, Jennifer Eastman,1951-
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Up in the Rocky Mountains : : writing the Swedish immigrant experience /\ Jennifer Eastman Attebery.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (xx, 304 pages) :: illustrations, map
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| ISBN
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0816654204
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0816647674
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0816647682
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9780816647675
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9780816647682
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-294) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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American letters-- Rocky Mountains Region.
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American letters-- West (U.S.)
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Immigrants-- Rocky Mountains Region, Correspondence.
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Immigrants-- West (U.S.), Correspondence.
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Letter writing-- Rocky Mountains Region-- History.
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Letter writing-- West (U.S.)-- History.
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Swedish Americans-- Rocky Mountains Region, Correspondence.
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Swedish Americans-- West (U.S.), Correspondence.
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American letters.
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HISTORY-- State Local.
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HISTORY-- United States-- State Local-- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Immigrants.
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Letter writing.
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Manners and customs.
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Swedish Americans.
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Rocky Mountains Region, Social life and customs.
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West (U.S.), Social life and customs.
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Rocky Mountains Region.
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West United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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978/.004397
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| LC Classification
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F596.3.S23A88 2007eb
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