History of the Finns in Michigan

by Armas K.E. Holmio

Book Overview

A history of the Finnish people in Michigan published in English for the first time.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula was a major destination for Finns during the peak years of migration in the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century. Several Upper Peninsula communities had large Finnish populations and Finnish churches, lodges, cooperative stores, and temperance societies. Ishpeming and Hancock, especially, were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814329748
• ISBN13: 9780814329740
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"