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Cross and Collar
Cross and Collar
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In Cross and Collar, Tauno O. Ekonen proves that he has a novelist’s eye for pain and joy and a historian’s insight into human events. Set in the rural Midwest between two World Wars, Tauno Ekonen’s tale of immigrants is told by a retired Lutheran pastor.
When Reverend Torgerson’s wife, Helen succeeds in getting him to take part in the search for his ancestry in the family free, the decision takes both of them back to his great-grandmother’s journals, which Helen has retrieved from Reverenc Torgerson’s accumulation of old records and journals. The journey goes back to the old country and as time goes on, the story develops into the decision for his ancestors to emigrate to the American scene. They recount both humorous and tragic developments in their ministry, all the while maintaining an even keel in their lives.
Reverend Torgerson, using ancestral diaries, tells a story that brings together the daily challenges faced by immigrants and the technical changes that altered American life in the early twentieth century-the automobile, electricity, indoor plumbing, and the telephone. When a four year old girl goes missing during a picnic, it becomes clear that a strong religious faith and a belief in miracles was essential in this fast moving chapter of America’s past.
When Reverend Torgerson’s wife, Helen succeeds in getting him to take part in the search for his ancestry in the family free, the decision takes both of them back to his great-grandmother’s journals, which Helen has retrieved from Reverenc Torgerson’s accumulation of old records and journals. The journey goes back to the old country and as time goes on, the story develops into the decision for his ancestors to emigrate to the American scene. They recount both humorous and tragic developments in their ministry, all the while maintaining an even keel in their lives.
Reverend Torgerson, using ancestral diaries, tells a story that brings together the daily challenges faced by immigrants and the technical changes that altered American life in the early twentieth century-the automobile, electricity, indoor plumbing, and the telephone. When a four year old girl goes missing during a picnic, it becomes clear that a strong religious faith and a belief in miracles was essential in this fast moving chapter of America’s past.
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