The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant
By: by William Durbin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: My name is America
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.; Finnish Americans -- Fiction.; Iron mines and mining -- Fiction.; Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction.; Diaries -- Fiction.; Minnesota -- Fiction.
Genres: 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.