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Author:

Durbin, William, 1951-

Title:

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

Edition:

pbk

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

171 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

Subject:

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

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:

My name is America
Dear America

Indexed by:

Wilson's Junior High School, August 2001
Booklist, October 2000
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2000
Kirkus Review, October 2000
Kliatt, July 2000

ISBN:

9780439445641
0439445647

LCCN:

00021919

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