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Author:
Dear America Series, 1951-
Title:
The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant / by William Durbin.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Scholastic,
Copyright Date:
2000
Description:
163 p : ill ; 19 cm.
Subject:
Finnish Americans--Fiction.
Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Iron mines and mining--Fiction.
Accelerated Reader.
Diaries--Fiction.
Strikes and lockouts--Fiction.
Minnesota--Fiction.
Other Authors:
Durbin, William.
Notes:
"Otto Peltonen is a fictional character created by the author and his journal and its epilogue are works of fiction"--Copyright page.
Summary:
In 1905 fifteen-year-old Otto describes in his journal how he travels from Finland to America, joining his father in a dreary iron mining community in Minnesota and becoming involved in a union fight for better working conditions.
Series:
Dear America: My Name is America ; 8
ISBN:
043909254X
9780439092548
Locations:
XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)
RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)
JEPA911 -- New Virginia Public Library (New Virginia)

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