An edited version of sections of an unpublished book manuscript written by Stephen Forslund of Tacoma, Washington in approximately 1975. Readers are encouraged to refer to the original document in the Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection at Pacific Lutheran University. (endnote 1) as dates and names may not be accurate due to the difficulty of reading the original.
In addition, Forslund writes from the knowledge of the time which may not be always accurate in light of current information. Any editing mistakes are the responsibility of this editor. Question marks indicate items that were not resolvable by this editor. Where possible, the original wording as written by Forslund is used to capture the flavor of thinking at the time of writing. Some wording may be offensive to some readers.
