The Finns of Michigan's UP are profiled by Lauri Anderson, who describes their comic aspects and tragic moments. Featured is Heikki, eighty years old, fond of beer, fishing, and potatoes, suspicious of barbeque grills and loathing of his smartass nephew from Lansing.
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The Finn in me,
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Stubborn, ignorant, unneighborly. That's what we Finns sometimes are here in the Old Continent. That's what they seem to be in Michigan, particularly in Upper Peninsula, particularly in Keweenaw Peninsula. Other folks live somewhere else. they are beyond Mackinac Bridge, i. e. downstaters or they are some odd relatives from Florida who have lost their ability to survive in real "Finnish" circumstances of cold weather, snow or rain. After having read many hilarious stories about us Finns here in Finland by Finnish authors it's been a fun to find out that a writer of Finnish descent could catch the same proudly humbleness (or is it humble pride?) where vices are almost virtues. But a reader wonders if anybody could get offended because nobody is serious. Except in "An Odd Collection of Finns" where more tragical elements of being an immigrant suddenly arise as a main theme. Even these extraordinary stories could not arouse the interest beyond the readers of Finnish origin I sincerely recommend them to the folks in both sides of Mackinac Bridge - or should I say in both sides of Atlantic Ocean?
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Heikki was a neighbor and a friend who, except for a stint in the army, had lived all of his life in the Upper Peninsula. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Monte Carlo, Copper Country, Hilda Maki, Old Milwaukee, Upper Peninsula, New York, Green Bay, Mosquito Inn, Portage Lake, Aunt Sarah, Channel Six, Misery Bay, Reader's Digest, Suomi College, Lake Superior, North American, Northern Michigan University, South Range, United States, Word Power, World War New!
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Heikki was a neighbor and a friend who, except for a stint in the army, had lived all of his life in the Upper Peninsula. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Monte Carlo, Copper Country, Hilda Maki, Old Milwaukee, Upper Peninsula, New York, Green Bay, Mosquito Inn, Portage Lake, Aunt Sarah, Channel Six, Misery Bay, Reader's Digest, Suomi College, Lake Superior, North American, Northern Michigan University, South Range, United States, Word Power, World War New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Word Power: An Entertaining Way to Enrich Your Language Skills by Reader's Digest Editors on page 39, and page 47
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- A Field Guide to Blueberries by Jim Johnson in Back Matter
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- Guarding Passage by Beth L. Virtanen in Front Matter
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