A Guide to "Country Full of Swedes," ca. 1933 Caldwell, Erskine, "Country Full of Swedes" 7971-s

A Guide to "Country Full of Swedes," ca. 1933

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Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 7971-s

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

7971-s

Title

"Country Full of Swedes," ca. 1933

Physical Characteristics

This collection contains one item, TMsS, 17 p.

Creator

Erskine Caldwell

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Erskine Caldwell, "Country Full of Swedes," Accession #7971-s, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased on 1989 February 22.

Scope and Content Information

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."