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The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant
Title:
The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant
ISBN:
9780439092548
Publication Information:
New York : Scholastic, c2000.
Physical Description:
163 p. : ill., maps. ; 20 cm.
Reading Level:
1010 L Lexile
Summary:
Mesabi Iron Range, Minnesota 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. Includes actual photographs showing the life of real Finnish immigrants, such as the houses, schools, and the Iron Range mines.
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