The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant /

Durbin, William.

The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant / by William Durbin. - New York : Scholastic, 2000. - 171 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm. - Dear America My name is America .

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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.

3-7. 9-12. 5. 1010 Lexile



043909254X

00021919


Diaries--Fiction.
Immigration and emigration--Fiction.
Finnish Americans--Fiction.
Iron industry--Fiction.
Strikes--Fiction.
Historical Fiction--Mining


Minnesota--Fiction.

PZ7.D9323 / Jm 2000

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