Isaac Polvi: The Autobiography of a Finnish Immigrant

By: Polvi, Isaac

With roots in post-feudal Finland, Isaac Polvi's family had dreams of the new world. The family leaves twelve-year-old Isaac with relatives when they go to America. Abused where he was left, Isaac... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878390669
• ISBN13: 9780878390663
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Immigration Story

A first-hand account of life in Finland at the turn of the Nineteenth Century, Isaac Polvi gives insight into the lives of Finnish peaseants, their poverty, and their politics. A great story of Isaac's survival and his immigration to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the first half of the Twentieth Centry. This is one of the best stories I have ever read.