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WITH THE LAPPS IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS

An entrancing true account, the narrative of Emilie Demant Hatt’s nine-month stay in the tent of a Sami family in northern Sweden in 1907–08 is a work that deserves wider recognition as an early contribution to ethnographic writing. Now in its first English translation by Barbara Sjoholm. more

THE PALACE OF THE SNOW QUEEN:
Winter Travels in Lapland

A frequent traveler to Scandinavia, Barbara Sjoholm set off one winter to explore a region that had long intrigued her. The Palace of the Snow Queen is the result of Sjoholm's travels in Lapland, starting with her visit to Kiruna, Sweden, to observe the construction of the Icehotel. more

INCOGNITO STREET:
How Travel Made Me a Writer

Barbara Sjoholm arrived in London in December 1970 at the age of twenty. Like countless young Americans in that tumultuous time, she wanted to leave a country at war and explore Europe. more