"The Story of L. P. Esbjorn and his family takes us from the tradition-bound rural area of northern Sweden into the tradition-free frontier towns of Illinois. Even Springfield and Chicago were overgrown villages, and already older natives looked suspiciously on 'foreigners.' In Sweden's Church everything new was frowned on. In the States the rival denominations defied any clear picture of what a Church should be. ...
Lilly Setterdahl knows the story well and has brought together the facts that constitute the beginning of the Augustana Lutheran Church. But she has gone beyond this and revealed something of the human emotions that the large family of Esbjorn experienced. The experiences of the wives and children are often neglected in the immigrant history. What death of mother means is revealed here. What the children faced as they grew up. What marriages outside of the cultural group entailed. What the part played in the Civil War was--these are some of the phases of the story the author has culled from hitherto unpublished sources." (Dr, Conrad Bergendoff in the Foreword of the book published in 1986.)
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Lilly Setterdahl knows the story well and has brought together the facts that constitute the beginning of the Augustana Lutheran Church. But she has gone beyond this and revealed something of the human emotions that the large family of Esbjorn experienced. The experiences of the wives and children are often neglected in the immigrant history. What death of mother means is revealed here. What the children faced as they grew up. What marriages outside of the cultural group entailed. What the part played in the Civil War was--these are some of the phases of the story the author has culled from hitherto unpublished sources." (Dr, Conrad Bergendoff in the Foreword of the book published in 1986.)
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Available at the Jenny Lind Chapel in Andover, Illinois, or from the author at book signings.
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