{"product_id":"my-father-spoke-finglish-at-fairburn-9780873389099","title":"My Father Spoke Finglish at Work: Finnish Americans in Northeastern Ohio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA regional view of Finnish immigration\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1874 the first Finnish immigrants came to Northeast Ohio's Lake Erie port towns to work on the docks loading coal or unloading iron ore from ships sailing the Great Lakes or to work on the railroads. As with most immigrant groups, the Finns clustered in the same area, hoping to retain their language, customs, and culture, even in the New World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Finnish American Heritage Association of Ashtabula County was organized in 1995, and one of its first projects was the interviewing and taping of elderly Finnish Americans to obtain historical accounts of early immigrants. These first-person accounts were written as the narrator told them. Many of the first- and second-generation Finns were in their eighties or nineties at the time of their interviews, yet their recollections of times gone by were told with frankness and clarity. Photographs representative of these early years are also included in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenealogists and those interested in immigration studies will find these first-person accounts valuable research tools and fascinating testimonies to the migrant experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fairburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0873389093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873389099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.38w x 0.82d","brand":"Fairburn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453424873727,"sku":"9780873389099","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3acc3e4-ffb5-4850-8c00-0a7eab3323b4.jpg?v=1777300149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-father-spoke-finglish-at-fairburn-9780873389099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}