Authors

Birger Swenson

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From book jacket:

Gifted in business, Birger soon became well known in lay circles of his Church and attained a high position in both the publication and circulation of religious journalism. All the while he and his wife were contributing to constructive agencies in their community and enlarging a circle of friends here and abroad.

Table of Contents:

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Finding My Way in a New Land -- From Campus to War Camps -- College Years -- An Interlude in Europe, Michigan and Seminary -- A Career in Church Publications -- Birger Takes a Wife -- General Manager ABC -- Professional Organizations -- Church Activities -- College and Community Affairs -- Travels Far and Wide -- The Svensson Family, 1979 -- Appendices: Home at Last -- Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way -- The Future of the Book Concern

ISBN

0910184275

Publication Date

1979

Publisher

Augustana Historical Society

City

Rock Island, Illinois

Keywords

Augustana Book Concern

Disciplines

History | Scandinavian Studies

Comments

Digitized in memory of Brynolf Lundholm. Digitization sponsored by Sibyl Mose.

My Story: Immigrant, Executive, Traveler

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