Re: "Finns in Wisconsin"

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Seymour, Janet I - WHS (Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org)
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:57:23 -0500



Subject: FW: "Finns in Wisconsin"
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:57:23 -0500
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From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org>

List Serve Members,
  Here is a press release announcing a newly revised and expanded version of Finns in Wisconsin.
  Janet Seymour Field Services Representative - Northern Region Wisconsin Historical Society
  Review past messages at: http://listserve.uwec.edu/localhistory
<http://listserve.uwec.edu/localhistory> .

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kathy Borkowski, Editorial Director

                                                                         
            whspress@wisconsinhistory.org, 608-264-6465

 

 The Wisconsin Historical Society Press announces the release of the newly revised and expanded Finns in Wisconsin (ISBN: 978-0-87020-390-9; Paperback: $9.95) by Mark Knipping. This is the latest addition to the popular People of Wisconsin Series.

Just in time for Juhannus, the Finnish celebration of the summer solstice, this revised edition of Finns in Wisconsin describes their important role in the early development of Wisconsin and their lasting cultural contributions. New to this edition is the richly detailed account of one Finnish woman, Kristiina Neimisto, who immigrated to America from Koyhajoki near Kaustinen in western Finland. Her compelling story, told in her own words, describes her hardships and experiences in traveling to a new country and her resourcefulness and strength in adapting to a new culture and building a new life.

As immigrants, Finns were relative latecomers to Wisconsin, arriving mostly in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many Finns, unable to own land, hoped to establish themselves as small independent farmers in Wisconsin. They settled mostly in northern Wisconsin, due to jobs and land available there. Wisconsin's Finns were not widely dispersed-just five counties accounted for two-thirds of the Finnish population in 1910-or especially numerous, peaking at 6,757 people in 1920. But despite small numbers, from mining to farming and logging, Finns have been an integral part of Wisconsin's story.

 

Media: For review copies of the book, or for author or book photos, please contact

Kathy Borkowski, Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Phone: 608-264-6465 / Fax: 608-264-6486 / Email: whspress@wisconsinhistory.org

 

 

The Wisconsin Historical Society owns and operates the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, the state's oldest publisher. The Society, founded in 1846, is committed to helping connect people to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing stories.

 

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