The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant

Author(s)

• Durbin, William

Bibliographic Information

The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant

by William Durbin

（My name is America）（Dear America）

Scholastic, 2000

Note

"Otto Peltonen is a fictional character created by the author and his journal and its epilogue are works of fiction"--Copyright page

Summary: 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

Details

• NCID: BB2659458X
• ISBN:
  • 043909254X
• LCCN: 00021919
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 171 p., [1] folded leaf of plates
• Size: 19 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PZ7.D9323
  • DC21 : [Fic]
• Subject Headings:
  • JVSH : Emigration and immigration -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Finnish Americans -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Iron mines and mining -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Minnesota -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Diaries -- Fiction
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA72785387
  • BA45487976