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The Journal of Otto Peltonen: A Finnish Immigrant Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781517910464)
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xA portrait of the Finnish immigrant experience in Minnesota during the early twentieth century--now in paperback
After journeying across the Atlantic with his mother and two sisters, young Otto Peltonen joins his father in the iron ore mines of northern Minnesota, experiencing the harsh labor conditions that were common at the time, as mining companies cared more about making a profit than for their workers' safety. Writing in his journal about his family's struggles and the hard life Finnish immigrants endured in the early twentieth century, Otto ultimately strengthens his resolve to find the freedom his family had first sought in America.Author: William Durbin
ISBN-10: 1517910463
ISBN-13: 9781517910464
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Language: English
Published: 08/18/2020
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.60d
By William Durbin
xWilliam Durbin is a writer and former teacher who lives on Lake Vermilion at the edge of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. A winner of the Great Lakes Book Award and a two-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award, he has published twelve novels for young readers, including Song of Sampo Lake, The Darkest Evening, Blackwater Ben, and Dead Man's Rapids (all from Minnesota).
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