Description: Finns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Michigan, Images of America, Paperback Explore the lasting influence of the Finnish people in the Upper Peninsula.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.
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467129787
Book Title: Finns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: The Finnish American Heritage Center
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Emigration & Immigration, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), United States / MidWest / East North Central (IL, in, MI, OH, Wi), Customs & Traditions
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Photography, Travel, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
