For fifteen-year-old Matti Ojala and his family, Finnish immigrants in Minnesota in 1900, starting a new life in America is both a hardship and an opportunity. After a tragic mining accident kills their beloved uncle, the family turns away from on the iron mines to pursue the dream of owning a homestead in the wilderness. This means constant hard work and new challenges for the entire family. But will it also allow Matti, the in-between child, the chance to escape from his older brother’s shadow and gain the approval of his father, which he so desperately desires?
| ISBN: | 9780816675692 |
| Publication date: | 14th February 2011 |
| Author: | William Durbin |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage |