The Last Letter Home is a novel by Vilhelm Moberg

Vilhelm Moberg

Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg was a Swedish author and historian, most commonly associated with his four novels known as The Emigrants Series.-Early life:...

 from 1959. It is the fourth and final part of the The Emigrants suite

The Emigrants (novels)

The Emigrants is the collective name of a four novel suite by the Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg:*The Emigrants *Unto a Good Land *The Settlers *The Last Letter Home...

, the shortest book of the four, with a faster pace.

Plot

This novel tells about Karl-Oskar and Kristina in their late life and eventual death. The novel has a slightly more reflective perspective than the other three, and it follows events such as The American Civil War and the Sioux Outbreak of 1862

Dakota War of 1862

The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of the eastern Sioux. It began on August 17, 1862, along the Minnesota River in southwest Minnesota...

 through the perspective of the settlers.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptions

• The New Land
  The New Land
  Nybyggarna is a 1972 Swedish film written by Bengt Forslund and directed by Jan Troell. It stars Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann and Eddie Axberg....
  
  , a 1972 sequel to the first film, based on the last two novels.