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Heikki Heikkinen

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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?