The Journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish Immigrant /
by William Durbin.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Scholastic Inc, 2000.
- 171 p.
- My Name is America .
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.
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Emmigrantion and immigration--Fiction. Finnish-Americans--Fiction. Iron mines and mining--Fiction. Stikes and lockouts--Fiction. Minnesota--Fiction. Diaries--Fiction.