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"The Best and saltiest of Admiral Gallery's tales of goings-on in the Navy." -- Inside Books

"GUARANTEED TO KEEP SAILORS, SOLDIERS, OFFICERS WIVES AND ALL CIVILIANS ROLLING WITH LAUGHTER" -- Independent Star News

"Required reading for all seafaring men who like robust, salty humor. Landlubbers are allowed to read it provided they have no stitches from recent operations that are likely to bust loose." -- Onalaska Record-Times

The same superb quality as Now Hear This!... the funniest and most revealing fiction about the U.S. Navy." -- New Castle News

"A Good supply of high-seas hilarity." -- Sioux Falls Argus-Leader

"By the author of Now Hear This! and Clear the Decks STAND BY-Y-Y TO START ENGINES "STARTS OUT ON A FUNNY RIB-SPLITTING NOTE, AND GETS FUNNIER WITH EACH CHAPTER." -- Palm Beach Post Times

"Hilarious tall tales about our present-day Navy.... A truly funny book which moves along a fast pace, except that now and again the reader has to stop and laugh at loud.... A whale of a story." -- Charleston, S.C. News and Courier

"Rousing, robust, hilarious..." -- Bridgeton, N.Y. News

"If you enjoyed NOW HEAR THIS!... You will have a hard time putting this one down... STAND BY-Y-Y TO START ENGINES." -- Shipmate

"THIS NEW ONE REALLY TOPS THEM ALL." -- The Virginia-Pilot

"A HILARIOUS STORY OF LIFE AT SEA..." -- Henry III, News-Republican

"... button-busting laughter... the third side splitting book by Gallery, and his funniest." -- Florida Times-Union

"It is worth reading, particularly for old salts. Even old salts who have never been to sea." -- The Providence Journal

"... riotous adventures..." -- St. Paul Pioneer Press

"... THE SALTIEST AND CERTAINLY THE FUNNIEST WRITER ON WARSHIP LIFE IS REAR ADM. DAN GALLERY..." -- Chicago Tribune

Gallery-

The commander that had a "Dirty Tricks Squad"
The commander that earned his anchor by being a "Sailor's" commander.
The commander that actually regarded his men as more than "enlisted". This commander actually listened to the wisdom of experienced seaman.
It was said of Halsey that Halsey was a sailor that was welcome on any ship; at any time; on any sea... the same may be said of Gallery.

Here are tales of Naval Aviation from the Blue Angels to Blue Water Seamen whose names and locations have been changed to protect the innocent(?).... to keep someone from getting a possibly well deserved Court Martial in the midst of extremely plausible circumstances. Anyone that has been in the real Navy around the real shipboard duties knows in their heart of hearts that these adventures are just too good to have been simply made up.

And ANOTHER plus: Here is Naval lore that you can let your nine-year-old can read without reservation as to language or content. When a reference needs to be made of "salty language" Gallery refers to the verbage as exactly that: Salty Language. Specifics are left to the imagination of the beholder as it were.

I spent 7 years in the Navy, this is one of the few books that can make me look back to theose days and smile.

Better make sure your chair has arms, otherwise you'll fall off laughing so hard. Check in with the screwball Navy populated by Lt. Cmdr. Curley Cue, Lt.(jg) Willy Wigglesworth, Adm. Windy Day, Adm. Bugler Bates and the rest to see how life must really be on an aircraft carrier. Written in the 1960s, Gallery's stories still ring true. No matter how technologically advanced today's Navy becomes, its still all about ships and men. And both have their foibles. Gallery exposes them all in this funny book. Don't stop with this one. Write the publisher and ask it to reprint all of Gallery's books. I am still missing a few from my collection.

Packed with numerous delightfully clear and concise ways to achieve self confidence and success. Comprehensively covers reasons for lack of success and steps for changing negative self image. Life enhancing delivery of simple steps and suggestions that can be immediately adopted with little effort. Includes several lovely on-the-spot brief exercises for instantly improving your levels of self confidence. Leaves you with a warm and positive glow.

The information presented on this tape takes you on a journey from where you've been to where you select/choose to go in your life. The author presents exceptional information that allows the listener to acknowledge the stem of their limitations, free oneself of the negative(fear, doubt, shame, undeserving) reactions/feelings bonded to these earlier memories and then offers ways to excel in areas of one's life with easy, extremely effective practice lessons.

Packed with numerous delightfully clear and concise ways to achieve self confidence and success. Comprehensively covers reasons for lack of success and steps for changing negative self image. Life enhancing delivery of simple steps and suggestions that can be immediately adopted with little effort. Includes several lovely on-the-spot brief exercises for instantly improving your levels of self confidence. Leaves you with a warm and positive glow.

This tape gives so many great ideas and simple-to-apply techniques for improving self-confidence, it's hard to believe it's only one tape and not a whole series. The concepts are invaluable, both for increasing self-confidence in general, and for going into specific situations that might otherwise be stressful. It's filled with excellent affirmations and vivid visualizations that impress your subconscious mind in a very positive way. Her examples of what it looks and feels like to be a confident person are easy for anyone to understand, and she explains clearly and effectively how a person who does not feel confident can "act as if" (fake it 'til you make it!). I have heard this author speak live and she is terrific; still I was extremely impressed with the amount of valuable information, and the many excellent techniques for developing self-confidence she presents.

This story went straight to my heart and made its place there forever

This is a great book that takes place right after World War II. The hero is a Protestant minister who adopts 5 children from war-torn Europe. The nationalities of the kids personify the nations either allied or occupied by Germany. Theirphysical and emotional wounds reflect the horrors inflicted by the insanity of Hitler and the war. By bringing them to America, the minister hopes to find a congregation that will accept him and his kids with open arms. He is dismayed by the prejudices of small-town USA. He finds support in an unlikely place.This book was a great lesson in human nature. It reminds one to look beyond the first impression of a person to learn the true nature of the person. Though the cover of the book looks like a romance novel, the novel is deeper than that. It explores the challenges of community and familial love. It touches on spiritual topics. It challenges community responsibility for the environmental and emotional welfare of a population. It's a heart-warming story and offers food for thought on many levels.Additionally, families who have ever thought of adopting children, or have thought they'd never want to adopt, should read this book!

I need to get a new copy of this book. I first read it when I was about 10 years old. The cover was FAR too lurid to be seen at school, so I remember making a brown paper bag book cover for it. Tens of re-readings later, the book has simply disintegrated.

This story touched me when I was young and it still does now. I cry in the same places every time, I get the warm fuzzies in the same places. I still skip some of the more trenchant political rhetoric. The characters just leap out and grab you and never let go. It's just a simple story, really, that is just the way you want the world to work.

It will always be in my library.

I first read this story when I was a teenager and found it on my mother's shelf. Then, when I was a mother of young children I read it again. Finally, I was reminded of it today when a friend and I were commenting on how disappointing much of today's fiction is. Tender Victor made me laugh and cry. It is a wonderful story of how one person (or a few people) can truly make a difference in this world. In my youth, I was surprised to find that a clergyman of my acquaintance was prejudiced against those of a different race than his. It was impossible for me to understand (and I still don't) that a man who preaches God's word could be so hateful. Whenever I read this book, it reminds me that although hatred may remain a part of the fabric of life,we can go beyond it and show love and compassion for everyone.

This is an attractive and interesting book, containing many of James Tissot's best paintings with detailed accounts of the year each was painted, the current location of the work, how it was recieved when first exhibited and the story behind it. It also has a very good introduction about his life and work. Highly recommended to any Tissot, costume or Victorian enthusiast.

Christopher Woods (from Christies) has written some of the greatest art books. This is the definitive Catalogue Raisonné of a great painter. It is easy-to-read, informative and with many good quality pictures. It is a must for art lovers

I have a fondness for both James Tissot and Alma-Tadema, and bought both books recently. What I liked best about this James Tissot book was, opposite each plate was a description of the painting, the year it was painted, and the probable explanations of who was in the painting and what it represented. The beginning of the book has a good biography of the artist, and reasons behind his fascination with beautiful women in wonderful clothes! A lovely book, I recommend it.

The paintings of James Tissot both reveal and pose questions concerning his subjects. Many works have seemingly deliberate contradictions. I found myself engrossed in each scene. This particular book is a beautiful collection of his most recognizable pieces.

I love Jane Austen, but like most English novelists she was only writing about a very small slice of English society. The same can be said for most other great English novelists. Fielding's acheivement stands in utter contrast- In Tom Jones we see full blooded characters from across the entire spectrum of English society- in all of their full blooded vanity, goodness, ugliness, courage, cowardice wisdom and foolishness mixed together. This is England before the Victorians spoiled it. And the wonderful story told with such humor, irony and wit. The observations range from dry wit to bawdy burlesque - the product of a man who had lived the fullest possible life and is now determined to share all of it with his reader. This is absolutely one of my favorite books. You will love it too.

How do you write a review on what may be the best novel ever written. Charming and wonderfuly written and still hold up almost 300 years later. Funny, thought provoking as Fielding shines light on morale hypocrisy. I did not want this book to end, can there be a better commentary on a book then that?

1: Fielding is really funny!
2: It takes about 100 pages to really get rolling.
3: He's written a more approachable book that Sam Richardson (Pamela tends to go on a bit... And Clarissa just goes on and on -- great villain though)
4: Henry created one of the great names in literature, Mr. Blifel! Say it a few times and it makes you feel grubby enough that you'll need a shower!
5. Skip the first chapter of each book during your first read, it probably won't be on the test and it's always just Henry's latest blog on his most recent rant.

Jane Austen liked the book, although she seems to have preferred Richardson -- I suspect Sam wrote the first Chick lit while Henry wrote guy noir, so 'of course' Jane would prefer Sam's stuff -- or does she! (add scary Shadow type laugh here...).

You see, before Jane A (except, maybe, for Daniel Defoe [of Moll Flanders fame]), most novels (well, English novels, anyway) used the exchange of letters as the method of progressing the story. The entire novel would be in the form of letters and journals by the varioius protagonists (Bram Stoker used this in Dracula). Fielding utterly drops this conceit and sticks with straight narrative. And he seems to have been completely aware of how extreme this was for his time. Ms Austen made the same decision. So, you see, she may indeed have been more intrigued by the 'bad boy,' Henry Fielding, than we have believed. But let's let the English majors sort all this out. OK?

Oh, one last thing: If you want a bit more blood and thunder in your literature you might try one by Mrs. Ann Radcliffe (I liked The Mysteries of Udolpho); and if you REALLY want some truly serious goth try The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis. The Monk also has the advantage of being a frequently banned book and it's always good to support whatever "they" don't like, aye?

Although Tom Jones is one of the first English novels, it remains my all time favorite, which is saying a lot since I majored in English and have read too many pieces of fiction to count.It is the only novel I have read more than 2 times. The plot is quite inventive, the characters vivid and the romp through 18th Century England engaging. The style of writing may take awhile to get used to for a modern reader, but perserverence will pay off. Enjoy!!

This book contains compassionate and moving stories about the incredible impact nurses have on the care and lives of their patients. Often nurses feel overlooked and unvalued. This book teaches us to appreciate all the good that nurses do though it may go unseen. It lifts them up and validates how profoundly they touch our lives. It is clear that this book is a "must read" for everyone.

I have read many medical books but none have come close to the admiration and inspiration I felt while reading, "Touched by a nurse." I highly recommend this book for anyone in the healthcare field. It will inspire all readers with the honor of knowing that human to human caring is alive and well. (We call this caring the glorious profession of nursing!) I anxiously await the second edition!

Touched by a Nurse is a collection of 126 vignettes written by practicing nurses throughout the world. In spite of the fact that most of the nurses have no experience in writing (or perhaps because of this fact), their stories come through clean, strong and memorable. The nurse co-editors envision this volume providing support to practicing nurses, underlying their often unrecognized intangible contributions. With fewer and fewer students entering the field of nursing, the editors aspire to enhance the view of nursing as a profession. As one reads the vignettes, the honesty and humility of the nurse storytellers shines through. One gains a new respect for the profession of nursing as nurses accurately and sincerely tell of mistakes, prejudices, and personal failings, and how they have learned from them. Nurses relate of being refilled spiritually by their patients, recognizing the gift they have received, then passing this unseen healing force along to patients to come. Several of the vignettes are humorous, as in one nurse who was robbed at gunpoint of her patient. A practical sort, not one to argue with a gun, she helped the robber wheel the patient out of the recovery room on a stretcher, then calmly called the front door security guard who retrieved her patient and brought him back. Another theme that emerges from the seemingly unrelated vignettes is the feeling of responsibility for the health of those with who the nurse comes in contact. This sense of responsibility extends not only to the family members of their patients, but to coworkers and neighbors. Clearly a nurse's job does not end when the shift ends. One is struck by how touched the nurses are by their patients. Story after story describes the nurse's joy at receiving a small remembrance from a special patient - a post card, an eclair, a letter. That nurses would recount such a token of appreciation fifteen to twenty years after the fact speaks to the fact that nurses treat their profession as a higher calling, but one undertaken by very human individuals. One thing is certain, after reading this book, everyone will feel very secure in trusting their lives to a nurse.

Kane and Warner have given us all an opportunity to share intimate moments with our patients. They have asked us to share stories that have shaped our nursing careers and speak to the very positive changes experienced by patients and families as a result of expert, professional nursing care. As one reads through the various vignettes, it becomes readily apparent how instrumental nurses are in maintaining and shaping today's healthcare system. This book is a gem for nurses and those who have been recipients of their compassionate care.

This book was very moving. I love reading historical fiction, and I got that with this book plus so much more. This is the story about Harriet, who is sent to the country after a cholera outbreak in London. However, Harriet is worried about her sister, Mary, who is still in London. Certain events lead Harriet plan to run away to New Zealand. This book is simply captivating. The story line drew me in from the start, and it had some twists and turns I was not expecting, but in the end I was glad I bought this book. Get it!

That is what the cover of this little known book should say. I am a big fan of historical fiction and The Trespass was one of the best books in this genre I have ever read. I was hooked right from page one and the story never lost my interest. I felt like I was right there with this young girl Harriet, while she was trying to get away from her father and her life in London.

This is one of the best books of historical fiction I have ever read.The characters are so belivable you feel you have been transport in time and are part of their world. I read this book in two days, much to the happiness of my children who orded takeout for dinner 2 nights in arrow. (they never get takeout)

In the London cholera epidemic of 1849, MP Sir Charles Cooper is
worried for his youngest daughter, seventeen year old Harriet, and
resolves to send her away to the country until the danger has past.

Harriet is pleased to get away from her father, but also worried that
he won't send her elder sister, Mary, with her. Isn't she in danger
from the cholera too? (More danger than either of them know, for Mary
has been helping a doctor treat the cholera patients in the poorest
parts of London.)

Harriet enjoys her stay in the country with her cousins, and wonders
at the easy way the family has with each other, for there is a dark
secret at her London home, one she has no words for, because how can
a young lady speak of the unspeakable?

Harriet plans a daring escape to New Zealand, following in the footsteps
of her cousin, for surely even her father's reach cannot get so far
as New Zealand?

This book is excellent, with a little dash of history thrown in now and

then, but without turning the novel into a history book. The main
emphasis is on the characters, and what characters they were. So
realisitic and evolved. I was on tenterhooks the whole time wondering
of Harriet could ever escape.

At a time when women had no money of their own (unless they were lower
class and could work), they were owned first by their fathers and
then by their husbands, and were not even allowed to work, how could
a young girl escape her terrible fate?

"Everything you say is yours, belongs to me, is provided by me,
everything, every breath that you take belongs to me. I am your
father. And as you well know you owe me absolute obedience."

I devoured this book in two days, you just have to keep reading to
find out what happens next. With a wealth of historical detail and
well drawn characters, it's one you'd want to read again.

Reviewed by Annette Gisby, author of Drowning Rapunzel and Silent Screams.

When I became aware that this book was on the market, I jumped on the chance to order it to support my friend. Little did I know that the arrival of this book was going to be just what I needed. The week before the book arrived, my fiance' and I were faced with one of the biggest challenges of our relationship, thusfar. I was at the point where I wanted to cancel the wedding. The book arrived the day we were leaving for a vaction, so I took the book along in hopes that I would find a moment to glace through it. Little did I know, a glance wasn't going to cut it. I opened the book and was completly intrigued with the words that Ms. Lewis had put on paper. I read the entire book on our way to our destination. I could not believe the inspiration and the Word of God coming from this book. At moments, I was actually crying because the words were so powerful. The words, from this book, were just what I needed. A gift from God that was right on time. I feel this book is very powerful and motivating! Can't wait for the next one! Ms. Lewis, you are a blessing to me!

First time author, Stephanie Warner Lewis peels away the layers in her debut book, Two Shall Become One. Upon review of the book description, I knew this book was for me. "For the married, divorced, and aspiring-to-be married woman of God." This book covers almost every season for any woman of God.

Lewis takes us from the beginning exposing what is outlined in the first book of the Bible, Genesis. She shows how God formed men and then women. She gives us a look at qualities that a godly woman should possess and also those of a godly man. So many of us often fall to prey to what looks good, but Lewis shows us how God looks at the heart.

Speaking from her own personal wilderness experience in getting married, divorced, married and divorced again and now preparing herself for the man that God has for her, Lewis exposes her own personal mistakes in an attempt to keep other women of God from making those same mistakes. Often times, those in the body of Christ, sweep these conversations under the rug. But there are women in the body of Christ that are going through these things as we speak.

What's refreshing about the book is that it has relevant Bible scriptures and stories scattered throughout, however in some instances she doesn't give the reader the direct scriptures, she simply advises you to go research for yourself.

It's easy for someone to blame other mates, bad childhoods, society, etc. for their not being where they want to be in Christ, but in this book Stephanie Lewis helps the reader understand how to look in and behind the mirror to understand how they have contributed and still can contribute to their outcome.

One of the things that touched me the most about this book was her nuggets that she's received from the Prayer Room and her aunt. This lady of God is full of wisdom and through her own experiences she is using her gift to teach us how to get in tune with the Father and seek the mate that he has for us, rather than basing our life altering decisions on the world and what our carnal desires are.

As a babe in Christ, what struck me the most is her deliberate prayers of anticipation. Prior to reading this book, when I thought of marriage, I thought of only the good and rarely the "what-ifs." Lewis teaches us that there will be rough spots and valleys in the marriage, but just as we put on our armor now for our single battle, we should be training and preparing for the battle we will face as a couple working in God's kingdom.

This is one book that I anticipate reading over and over again to remind myself that waiting on a husband doesn't have to be a unpleasant experience, it can simply be a time for serving while in this single season and preparing for the next season to come.

This book is truly a blessing. It not only re-opened my eyes to the awesomeness of God, but this book's contents can be applied to any aspect of our lives. I highly recommend this book to those who need encouragement in knowing that they are NOT ALONE. To the author, I applaud you for the courage in writing this fantastic book!

Wow! A very powerful, inspirational, and biblical sound book. I recommend this book for everyone single, married, divorced, thinking about marriage etc. The author is very open about real life experience.A very powerful book for this in time season.

If you have been looking at Marriage based on the world view, family views, friend view and you really want to get it right this is the book to read.

Mark Atkinson has done an incredible job in putting this book together. I'm almost as amazed at his ability to transcribe Vinnie's solos as I am in the solos themselves. With two CDs; one with the solos slowed down and various exercises, and the second with the Randy Waldman's recording of these songs you can both see and hear what Vinnie is playing. To digest all this this book will take many many hours (how many hours in a year?) but what I have found so far is while you learn the solos you will find one or two measure phrases that you may internalize and use immediately. So even if your unable to learn an entire solo you can still get ideas which you can incorporate as your own. You'll find stickings that you've never played before and get a real insight into what makes Vinnie's playing and phrasing of odd time signatures so unique. Highly recommended for the experienced drummer.

This book is a must for all serious drummers. Mr. Atkinson did a great job of breaking down Vinnie's solos so that they're easier to understand and practice. The CD's are so helpful, they alone are worth the price of the book.

Mr. Atkinson has truly done an amazing job transcribing Vinnies solos. The CDs break it down and make it easier to work on. I highly recommend this book for the serious drummer. Thanks Marc.

Buy this book!

If you have a sincere desire to really "get inside" the drumming of Vinnie Colaiuta, you must invest in this book!

The transcriptions are flawless! Each page is well laid out, and to properly prepare you to tackle the rest of the book;
Marc has written a unique set of exercises designed to help you for what is to come in the rest of the book.

One of the most appealing aspects of this great learning device is the fact it contains two CD's! The first CD is the "Unreel" CD by the amazing Randy Waldman, featuring Vinnie, throughout the CD. The second CD is the icing on the cake!

In the second CD, you will find everything that Marc has transcribed, sequenced and slowed down to a very approachable speed. The second CD is unlike any other drum-related CD you have ever worked with. It is pure gold!

In addition to the mystery of Vinnies' soloing techniques being revealed, the CD also includes an incredible amount of great information for you to play along with, to help you develope your own "Vinnie-istic" approach.

Marc has worked very hard to bring this book to fruition. He has been transcribing Vinnie's work for a number of years, and this book gives you the very best insights into learning the language of "Vinnie."

As a matter of fact, I have seen over 350 transcriptions of Vinnies' drumming that Marc has successfully completed. No one has accurately transcribed and documented Vinnie, like Marc! If you will pardon the pun, his whole body of work on the topic of Vinnie Colauita is quite "remarkable!"

As much as the Unreel Drumbook will inspire your imagination, drumset performance, and love for Vinnie's drumming; wait 'till you see what Marc comes out with next!

Until that happens, you will just have to settle for what is quite possibly, one of the best drumbooks ever written!

Go ahead: Make the investment and buy the Unreel Drumbook now!

With the greatest respect,

Dan Bodanis www.thedanbodanisband.com.

From Manhattan, it is 1500 miles to Minnesota. Before departing, Karl Oskar feeds his family, and Robert and Arvid walk the length of Broadway, amazed by what they see. The group travels up the Hudson River by steamboat, from Albany to Buffalo by train and across the Great Lakes. They are now immigrants rather than emigrants. You can not be one without being both.

Alienation is a theme of Unto A Good Land. The immigrants feel the limitations imposed upon them as foreigners. They do not know the geography and cannot speak the language. Dependence breeds suspicion and paranoia.

The tension between Kristina and Ulrika begins to subside. After an attack of conscience, Kristina shares a loaf of bread with her. Ulrika and Elin are caring for Danjel's children.

At a stopover in Detroit, Ulrika totally vindicates herself in Kristina's and Karl Oskar's eyes. She recovers Lill-Marta, their 3-year-old, from an orchard where she had gone to pick cherries. This is in the nick of time as the boat is about to leave. It is a touching scene where Karl Oskar takes the hand of the woman he ridiculed.

The immigrants cut across the prairie and head up the Mississippi River. Arvid remains funny and stupid, fearing alligators which he calls crocodiles.

The novels are virtually non-violent when compared with a Hamlet or a War and Peace. They are strong on character, simple, plain. We find people determining their own course, not swept up in events so overwhelming as to have their actions dictated for them.

There is an emphasis on nature, the necessity of eking a living from the earth. There is not so much of war or what man has done to man. It is unexpected when at one point Karl Oskar has to elude some would-be bandits. The possibility of evil always lurks in the background, but it is secondary to man's struggle against the harsher side of nature. The immigrants yearn for freedom without having to harm anyone.

Once in Minnesota territory, they walk to their final destination. In the lush forest, they feel at home for the first time, and Kristina and Ulrika laugh at the shaggy hair and beards of the men. Kristina uses wool shears on Karl Oskar, giving him the look of a sheep. Robert wants his hair short so he can not be scalped by Indians.

When Danjel and Jonas Petter stake their claims near Swedish settlers, the obstinate Karl Oskar keeps going. Only when he feasts his eyes on Lake Ki-Chi-Saga does he feel he has arrived.

Ki-Chi-Saga is an Indian name, but it is Karl Oskar's for the taking. It is all here: the lake, oak trees, a pine forest and three feet of topsoil.

There is an optimism in the books and in Karl Oskar, an assurance that if we go hard enough and long enough, we will have the things we need.

Domestic life resumes. The settlers build cabins, make furniture, plow and planet and hunt and fish. Kristina prepares meals and mends clothing. Moberg pulls us down to basic survival.

Making it through the first winter is crucial. They need a cow for milk and flour for bread. Returning one night in the snow with a sack of flour, Karl Oskar gets lost. He finds his way, but realizes he might have frozen to death.

The sense of mission in the first book dissipates into a narrative of day-to-day living, into a compilation of anecdotes and close calls.

Of all the immigrants, only Kristina misses Sweden. She hides it. She now considers Ulrika a friend and requests her as midwife when the baby is born. The birth is described in detail. So is Kristina's emotional attachment to her first child born in America.

The differences between the brothers quickly surface. Robert is no farmer. He wants to get rich. Karl Oskar considers him a liar, governed by his imagination. After the first winter, Robert and Arvid leave for the gold fields of California.

Having cleaned up her act, Ulrika begins getting proposals. Women are scarce. Amazingly, she marries a Baptist minister.

The book ends with Kristina confessing to Karl Oskar how much she misses Sweden. Karl Oskar shares his vision of the future with her, that their children and grandchildren will one day thank them for emigrating to America. The pair agree to call their new home Duvemala after the village Kristina grew up in.

Immirgrants come to the U.S. daily. Population in America has increased drastically since the 1950s. Other Modern day civilization begun in Europe and Asia have develope greatly, but the U.S.exsposes immigrants to much wider opportunities.

Karl Oskar Nilsson, his family, and a collection of other emigrants from Sweden now find themselves in New York harbor, ready to find their promised land in Minnesota. Traveling by steam train, riverboat, canal barge, and finally on foot, they reach Taylors Falls, Minnesota. Setting up as homesteaders, each family can claim 160 acres, and Karl Oskar is determined to pick the primest land. However, it is too late to plant crops, Karl Oskar has too little money to buy livestock, and winter is coming on fast. This is the story of the emigrants' first year in America.

This book is the second in the Emigrants quadrilogy, and this book is every bit as wonderful as the first. The characters seem as alive to me reading this book, as if I was reading their own diaries. Vilhelm Moberg is considered one of Sweden's great authors, and it is easy to see why.

As an aside, besides merely showing someone I would consider similar to my own Swedish ancestors, this book has made me understand more about life. I find myself haunted by the scene in which Karl Oskar walks twelve miles to purchase a 100-pound sack of flour so that his family can eat and survive the winter. Carrying the sack home on his back, he becomes lost in the forest, and nearly dies of exposure. But, realizing that he metaphorically carries his children in that sack, he continues on and when he finally finds his home, he delivers the flour to his wife without one word of complaint.

So, this is a wonderful book, a fitting sequel to The Emigrants. I highly recommend both books to you.

[For those of you with young children, I would like to recommend the Kirsten books in the American Girls series. Written for young readers (primarily girls), it tells the story of a Swedish family that immigrates to Minnesota in 1854.]

This is an epic work by its Swedish author. Translated from Swedish into English, this beautifully written book of historical fiction was first published in 1954 and met with excellent reviews at the time. It is the second part of a four part opus, the first of which is "The Emigrants". This book, "Unto a Good Land", is followed by two additional books, "The Settlers" and "Last Letter From Home".

In the first volume, "The Emigrants", the author detailed the emigration of a Swedish family to the New World, grounding it in the reasons for the exodus of so many Swedes from their mother country in the middle of the 19th century. The focus of the first book in this four part opus is on the family, relatives, and friends of Karl Oscar Nilsson, a peasant farmer who unceasingly worked his farm, only to find that, no matter what he did, he could not progress and would continue to live on the cusp of total poverty. The focus of the first book is on their life in Sweden. Gathering up his family and friends of the family, the Nilsson family decides to take the monumental step of making a fresh start by emigrating to the new world, specifically the United States of America.

The second volume, "Unto a Good Land", focuses on the arrival of the Nilsson family and friends in the United States of America. It details their journey from New York, a journey that was to take them across the Midwest by rail, steamer, and foot to arrive in the wilds of what would one day be the State of Minnesota. It is in this wilderness that the Nilsson family and friends would homestead and struggle to make a new home. The author regales the reader with the travails this hardy group of settlers would encounter in their efforts to create by the sweat of their brow a new home in the wilderness. The early struggles of the Nilsson family to succeed in what was an unknown frontier is engagingly chronicled. I have enjoyed the first and second volumes so much that I look forward to continuing their journey with them by reading the remaining two volumes. This is a book that those who love historical fiction will greatly enjoy.