{"product_id":"they-took-my-father-mayme-sevander-9780816643363","title":"They Took My Father: Finnish Americans in Stalin's Russia","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riveting memoir of one family's struggle under a totalitarian regime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mayme Sevander and Laurie Hertzel tell a poignant tale of a hidden corner of U.S. and Soviet history. Tracing the hopes and hardships of one family over two continents, \u003ci\u003eThey Took My Father \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the boundaries of loyalty, identity, and ideals.\" --Amy Goldstein, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What makes Mayme's story so uniquely--almost unbelievably--tragic is that her family chose to move from the United States to the Soviet Union in 1934, thinking they were going to help build a 'worker's paradise.' They found, instead, a deadly nightmare.\" --\u003ci\u003eSt. Paul Pioneer Pres\u003c\/i\u003es\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This gripping and timely book traces the beginnings of communism not as dry history but as a fascinating personal drama that spreads across Russia, Finland, and the mining towns of Upper Michigan and the Iron Range of Minnesota. . . . An important and largely ignored part of history comes alive in one woman's story of her tragic family, caught up in the all-consuming struggle of the twentieth century.\" --Frank Lynn, political reporter, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mayme Sevander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816643369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816643363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.08w x 0.49d","brand":"Mayme Sevander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47419115503871,"sku":"9780816643363","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97353252-7a6b-41c6-b85d-b3308008560d.jpg?v=1761509543","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/they-took-my-father-mayme-sevander-9780816643363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}