The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens by Sjoholm, Barbara
The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens by Sjoholm, Barbara

The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens

1897. Norwegian-born Dagny Bergland and her husband Captain Edvard Bergland have arrived by sea with their foster...
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The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens by Sjoholm, Barbara

The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens

$32.72
The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens by Sjoholm, Barbara

The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens

$32.72
Author: Barbara Sjoholm
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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1897. Norwegian-born Dagny Bergland and her husband Captain Edvard Bergland have arrived by sea with their foster son Kjell, looking to settle in Port Townsend, Washington, a once-thriving port city at the entrance to Puget Sound. Dagny begins a series of journals she'll keep on and off for the next ten years. A would-be journalist, she tells the story of the Yukon Gold Rush and how Port Townsend once again bursts into life. She records how Chinese immigrants are smuggled across the strait from Victoria, British Columbia, to work as servants and farmers at Chinese Gardens. She chronicles how she takes in one of the smuggled migrants, Henry Soon, to work for her. She relates how both Kjell and Edvard end up in Alaska, one as a gold digger and the other captaining ships filled with prospective miners. Dagny also is witness to a little-known story in American history: the arrival of around 100 Sámi reindeer herders and 500 reindeer from Lapland to Seattle and Port Townsend on their way to Alaska. The Sámi were hired to transport supplies to the Yukon to relieve the starving miners. While most of the men go immediately to Haines, Alaska, the women and children stay at Fort Townsend. Dagny's friendship with Elle-Ristina Aikio, like her relationship with Henry, is one that will end up changing her life. A novel of friendship, love, loss, and motherhood, The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens is the story of a remarkable woman who learns to steer a new course in a new country.



Author: Barbara Sjoholm
Publisher: Cedar Street Editions
Published: 02/01/2025
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9798991120609


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Foreword 02/17/2025

About the Author
Sjoholm, Barbara: - Barbara Sjoholm is an author and translator from Norwegian and Danish whose books include the illustrated history, From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture; The Palace of the Snow Queen: Winter Travels in Lapland and Sápmi; The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Women of the Sea. She has won grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Scandinavian Foundation. Her essays and travel articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Smithsonian, Harvard Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Scandinavian Studies, among other publications. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.
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