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Skraddare och AEventyrare : En verklighetsbaserad historisk roman, Paperback / softback Book

Skraddare och AEventyrare : En verklighetsbaserad historisk roman Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Alfred ar endast fem ar gammal nar hans far dor och modern far den omanskliga uppgiften att ensam driva den lilla garden pa Hallandsasen. Efter avslutad skolgang satts Alfred pa en skraddarutbildning i Helsingborg. Som ung skraddargesall lockas han av mojligheterna i Amerika.

Aret ar 1903 nar Alfred overtalar sin bror att lamna tryggheten och emigrera tillsammans med honom. I det nya landet kommer han till storslagna platser. Han stalls infor dramatiska handelser i Chicagos smaltdegel, guldletande i det arktiska Alaska och ond brad dod pa vastkusten.

Samtidigt lever Rosalie ett betydligt lugnare liv som hushallerska i Connecticut. Hon har utvandrat fran ett enkelt torp pa Hallandsasen och far bekanta sig med miljon kring de fina familjerna i New England.

Skraddare och Aventyrare ar en roman baserad pa verkliga handelser och historiska fakta. De unga emigranternas oden skildras medryckande i ett sekel som annu var ungt.

AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION is available: The Swedish Tailor and Adventurer.

"This book caught me from the first page and, after it ended, I still carry it with me in my heart... It is so overwhelming, loving, tragic and completely wonderful! Imagine what life has to give you if you simply dare to take a chance? [...] This book is a real page turner that gives me so much as a reader. Both thanks to the historical facts that are presented before each chapter, and the photos of the main characters and their company, which enhance the storyline." (My.loved.books on Instagram)

ABOUT THE BOOK: Alfred is only five years old when his father dies in 1890. His mother inherits the lonely and difficult task of managing their little farm in Sk ne, in the southern part of Sweden. After finishing school, Alfred is trained to be a tailor in the city of Helsingborg. At the end of his apprenticeship, he is attracted by what he hears about greater opportunities in America.

In 1903 Alfred convinces his brother Martin to leave the safety of Sweden for thrilling experiences and alluring places in America. Alfred is faced with dramatic turmoil in Chicago's ethnic melting pot, he searches for gold in the Alaskan arctic and witnesses the murderous wild west coast.

At the same time, Rosalie lives a much calmer and refined life as a housemaid in Connecticut. She has emigrated from a poor croft, close to where Alfred grew up, to become familiar with the environment around well-off families in New England.

The Swedish Tailor and Adventurer is a historical novel, based on true events and facts. The fates of these young emigrants, Alfred and Rosalie, whose lives eventually intersect, are portrayed in a century that was young and optimistic.

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