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Author: Arnold Robert Alanen
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0873518608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis succinct yet comprehensive volume outlines the contributions and culture of Minnesota's Finnish Americans, perhaps best known for their cooperative ventures, their political involvement, and, of course, their saunas.
Author: The Finnish American Heritage Center
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 146712978X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"On Midsummer Eve, 1865, more than 30 Finnish and Sami immigrants disembarked from a Great Lakes ship to a place called Hancock, Michigan. At the time, Hancock consisted of nothing more than a small cluster of humble buildings, but it was here, on the outskirts of mid-19th-century civilization, that Finnish settlement in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP) took root. Much to the surprise of these new Americans, Midsummer was not a religious holiday marked by feasts in celebration of the season's prolonged sunlight. Rather, the newcomers were immediately hastened into the bowels of the earth to extract copper in pursuit of the American Dream. In short order, hardworking Finnish immigrants became reputable miners, lumberjacks, farmers, maids, and commercial fishermen. A century and a half later, the UP boasts the largest Finnish population outside of the motherland and sustains the determined spirit the Finns call sisu--an influence that remains palpable in all 15 UP counties."--
Author: Mark Knipping
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Published: 2013-03-28
Total Pages: 71
ISBN-13: 0870205323
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom mining to logging to farming, Finns played an important role in the early development of Wisconsin. Although their immigration to the state came later than that of most other groups, their contributions proved just as significant. Finns pride themselves for their sisu, a Finnish term which, roughly translated, means fortitude or perseverance, especially in the face of adversity. They needed their strength of character to help them face the difficult task of building a new life in a new land. Many Finns arriving in Wisconsin, unable to own land at home, hoped to establish themselves as small independent farmers in the new land. They settled mainly in northern Wisconsin, due to jobs and land available there. This book traces the history of Finnish settlement in Wisconsin, from the large concentrations of Finns in the northern region, to the smaller "Little Finlands" created in other areas of the state. Revised and expanded, this new edition contains the richly detailed story of one Finnish woman, told in her own words, of her hardships and experiences in traveling to a new country and her resourcefulness and strength in adapting to a new culture and building a new life.
Author: Michael Nordskog
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780816656820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA full-color history and celebration of Finnish sauna in the western Great Lakes region.
Author: Klas Bergman
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781681340302
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of Nordic immigrant influence in Minnesota politics and culture, and the lasting legacy of a "Scandinavian state in the New World."
Author: Armas Kustaa Ensio Holmio
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9780814329740
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA history of the Finnish people in Michigan published in English for the first time.
Author: Hans R. Wasastjerna
Publisher:
Published: 1957
Total Pages: 696
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Auvo Kostiainen
Publisher: MSU Press
Published: 2014-03-01
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 162895020X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLate-arriving immigrants during the Great Migration, Finns were, comparatively speaking, a relatively small immigrant group, with about 350,000 immigrants arriving prior to World War II. Nevertheless, because of their geographic concentration in the Upper Midwest in particular, their impact was pronounced. They differed from many other new immigrant groups in a number of ways, including the fact that theirs is not an Indo-European language, and many old-country cultural and social features reflect their geographic location in Europe, at the juncture of East and West. A fresh and up-to-date analysis of Finnish Americans, this insightful volume lays the groundwork for exploring this unique culture through a historical context, followed by an overview of the overall composition and settlement patterns of these newcomers. The authors investigate the vivid ethnic organizations Finns created, as well as the cultural life they sought to preserve and enhance while fitting into their new homeland. Also explored are the complex dimensions of Finnish-American political and religious life, as well as the exodus of many radical leftists to Soviet Karelia in the 1930s. Through the lens of multiculturalism, transnationalism, and whiteness studies, the authors of this volume present a rich portrait of this distinctive group.
Author: Mayme Sevander
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published:
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781452907147
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Mayme Sevander and Laurie Hertzel tell a poignant tale of a hidden corner of U.S. and Soviet history. Tracing the hopes and hardships of one family over two continents, They Took My Father explores the boundaries of loyalty, identity, and ideals." -Amy Goldstein, Washington Post "What makes Mayme's story so uniquely-almost unbelievably-tragic is that her family chose to move from the United States to the Soviet Union in 1934, thinking they were going to help build a 'worker's paradise.' They found, instead, a deadly nightmare." -St. Paul Pioneer Press "This gripping and timely book traces the beginnings of communism not as dry history but as a fascinating personal drama that spreads across Russia, Finland, and the mining towns of Upper Michigan and the Iron Range of Minnesota. . . . An important and largely ignored part of history comes alive in one woman's story of her tragic family, caught up in the all-consuming struggle of the twentieth century." -Frank Lynn, political reporter, New York Times Mayme Sevander (1924-2003) was born in Brule, Wisconsin, and emigrated with her family to the Soviet Union in 1934. Laurie Hertzel is a journalist at the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Author: Mark Munger
Publisher: Cloquet River Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 0972005064
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn historical novel of Finnish immigration, love, betrayal, and murder.
