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My Father Spoke Finglish at Work

Finnish Americans in Northeast Ohio

My Father Spoke Finglish at Work( )
Editor: Fairburn, Noreen Sippola
Series title:Voices of Diversity Ser.
ISBN:978-1-63101-045-3
Publication Date:Jan 2014
Publisher:Kent State University Press
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $29.99
Book Description:

A regional view of Finnish immigration

In 1874 the first Finnish immigrants came to Northeast Ohio's Lake Erie port towns to work on the docks loading coal or unloading iron ore from ships sailing the Great Lakes or to work on the railroads. As with most immigrant groups, the Finns clustered in the same area, hoping to retain their language, customs, and culture, even in the New World.

The Finnish American Heritage Association of Ashtabula County was organized in 1995,...
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