"Country Full of Swedes, " ca. 1933

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

170 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

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Summary

Creator:

Erskine Caldwell

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the manuscript of "Country Full of Swedes", a short story by Erskine Caldwell concerning prejudice in America, narrated by the character Stanley, who comments "...Jim and Mrs. Frost are scared to death of Swedes and other people from the old country; Jim and Mrs. Frost and people like that never stop to think that all of us Americans came over from the old countries, one time or another, to begin with."

Acquisition information:

This collection was purchased on 1989 February 22.

Physical description:

This collection contains one item, TMsS, 17 p.