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Author:

Durbin, William, 1951-

Title:

The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant / by William Durbin.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

171 p. : ill. (one folded), maps ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction.
Finnish Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Iron mines and mining--Juvenile fiction.
Strikes and lockouts--Juvenile fiction.
Minnesota--Juvenile fiction.
Diaries--Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Finnish Americans--Fiction.
Iron mines and mining--Fiction.
Strikes and lockouts--Fiction.
Minnesota--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.

Notes:

"Otto Peltonen is a fictional character created by the author and his journal and its epilogue are works of fiction"--Copyright p. "Hibbing, Minnesota, 1905"--Cover.

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:

My name is America
A Dear America book

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45311860

Locations:

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)