Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Spring-to-Summer Celebration 3
6. Midsummer in the Rockies 33
7. A Crowded Celebrations Calendar 56
8. Speaking and Writing Celebration 76
9. Midsummer Blendings of Sacred and Secular 93
10. On Swedish Soil in Grove and Arbor 111
11. Uneasy Scandinavianism in the Spring-Summer Holidays 128
12. Shifts in Spring-Summer Celebration 148
13. References 166
14. About the Author 178
15. Index 179