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The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant /

Durbin, William, 1951-

The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant / - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic, 2000. - 163 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. - My name is America .

"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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Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Finnish Americans--Fiction.
Iron mines and mining--Fiction.
Strikes and lockouts--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.


Minnesota--Fiction.

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