The journal of Otto Peltonen
Subtitle: a Finnish immigrant
By: by William Durbin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: My name is America; Dear America book
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction; Finnish Americans -- Juvenile fiction; Iron mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction; Strikes and lockouts -- Juvenile fiction; Diaries -- Juvenile fiction; Minnesota -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction
Description: 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.
Notes: "Otto Peltonen is a fictional character created by the author and his journal and its epilogue are works of fiction"--Copyright page.