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My Name Is America: The Journal Of Otto Peltonen, A Finnish Immigrant

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4.1 out of 5
Based on 204 Ratings and 39 Reviews

Book Description
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.
Book Information
PublisherScholastic, Inc.
BindingHardcover (2 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages171
ISBN-10043909254X
ISBN-13978-0439092548
Publication Date09/01/2000
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About William Durbin (Author) : William Durbin is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of William Durbin include Wintering, The Winter War: A Novel, El Lector.
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