Joy K. Lintelman

This is not a book solely about Mina Anderson (as I expected it to be), but uses her memoirs as a jumping off point to describe the "typical" Swedish immigrant experience. I found it excellent, containing descriptions of the whole of immigrant life, from the home country and the reasons for immigrating all the way through settling in America and raising a family. It also has lots of first hand accounts from Mina as well as many other people describing their experiences which I particularly appreciate in a book.… (más)