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100 1 _aBengts, Josefina,
_d1875-1925
245 1 0 _aFrån vargtider och vallpojksår: En samling minnen från forna dagars Östra Nyland
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2018-08-01
508 _aProduced by Matti Järvinen, Jens Sadowski, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Från vargtider och vallpojksår: En samling minnen från forna dagars Östra Nyland" by Josefine Bengts is a collection of memoirs written in the early 20th century. The work vividly captures life in the eastern Finnish countryside, focusing particularly on the experiences of vallpojkar (herdsmen) during a time when wolves posed a significant threat to livestock. Through personal anecdotes and reflections, the author aims to preserve the memories of generations past and the customs associated with rural life. The opening of the memoir introduces us to the life of a young vallpojke who begins his herding duties at the tender age of eight. This boy recounts the importance of herding in his community, where being a vallpojke was a rite of passage crucial for gaining respect among peers. We learn about the daily activities of herding, the camaraderie among boys, and the ever-present danger of wolves that made the job both thrilling and terrifying. The narrative evokes a sense of nostalgia and highlights the dichotomy between childhood innocence and the harsh realities of rural living, setting the stage for further explorations of life in earlier days of Östra Nyland. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aSwedish fiction
653 _aShort stories, Swedish
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57622
999 _c98451
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