Unto a Good Land

Unto a Good Land is a Swedish novel by Vilhelm Moberg. It is the second of his four-novel The Emigrants series.
It was translated into English in 1954 and was also published in other languages. Together with the first novel, it was adapted as a film The Emigrants, directed by Jan Troell. A sequel based on the third and fourth novels was released in 1972.

Plot

The novel describes the journey of the Swedish Nilsson family from New [York City, New York], where they had landed, to Taylors Falls, Minnesota. With homesteading land available, they settle at Lake Ki-Chi-Saga, Minnesota Territory. There, the Nilssons started building a dwelling and structures for a farm.
Robert, Karl-Oskar's younger brother, takes off for California with his friend Arvid to join the search for gold to join the Gold Rush.