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The Journal of Otto Peltonen: A Finnish Immigrant Story

The Journal of Otto Peltonen: A Finnish Immigrant Story

Paperback

General Juvenile FictionHistory

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ISBN10: 1517910463
ISBN13: 9781517910464
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: Aug 18 2020
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.40
Language: English

A 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.

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