Swedens North and South in one living portrait
A visiting account blends peasant, landowner, and urban resident to reveal Sweden’s past and future. It traces Dalecarlian reverence for soil, ancient traces of civilization, Stockholm’s civic vigor, and the northern forest and mining frontier where white coal electricity powers growth. The piece ends with regional dialect charm and coastal life around Gothenburg and Stockholm, underscoring a nation poised between tradition and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasttumtat
Saredeti
Pyatarmaa Ciabeendian
Tate
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Girong
Dalecarila
Chanters
Scandinavian Peninsula
Rhode
Siura
Skone
Stockholm
Flo
King's Gardens
Norr
Bro
Hsten
Holm
Masalye
Fayal Place
Tope
Norrland
Iran
Arctic
Ilere
Europe
Minland
Thelrebring
Goteborg
Lightfoot Flees Hunters Into Big River
In Thornton Burgess tale Lightfoot the fox pits wits against hunters and trailing hounds. Exhausted, he darts through damp ground and dodges scent, then makes a break for the Big River where canines dare not follow, seeking safety from the pursuers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lightfoot
Green Forest
Big
Big River
T. W. Burgess
WNT Service
Mark Twains War Prayer Satire On Blood and Destruction
The piece presents Mark Twain's satirical wartime prayer asking God to enable violence and suffering to befall the enemy. It invokes tearing soldiers to shreds, covering fields with the dead, drowning artillery thunder, burning homes, and leaving widows and orphans, then ends asking for divine praise for such outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
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Korsevern
Gota Canal
Annabelle
Thornton W. Burgess
Ata