Subject: FW: "Finns in Wisconsin" Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:57:23 -0500 Message-ID: <B46BC0C8F6373F43B0A84089442FE921014D9876@MEWMAD1P0129.enterprise.wistate.us> 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
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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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