The Journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish Immigrant
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"Otto Peltonen is a fictional character created by the author and his journal and its epilogue are works of fiction"--Copyright page.
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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PUBLISHED
New York : Scholastic, 2000.
Year Published: 2000
Description: 171 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 1010
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0439555000
043909254X :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Durbin, William, 1951-
SUBJECTS
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Finnish Americans -- Fiction.
Iron mines and mining -- Fiction.
Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction.
Diaries -- Fiction.
Minnesota -- Fiction.