ISBN:
0816643369
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 190 p)
,
ill., ports
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version They Took My Father : Finnish Americans in Stalin's Russia
DDC:
305.894541047092
Keywords:
Corgan, Oscar
;
Sevander, Mayme
;
Finnish Americans Biography
;
Finnish American communists Biography
;
Political persecution History
;
Immigrants Biography
;
Corgan, Oscar ; 1887-1938
;
Finnish American communists ; Biography
;
Finnish Americans ; Russia (Federation) ; Karelia ; Biography
;
Immigrants ; Russia (Federation) ; Karelia ; Biography
;
Political persecution ; Russia (Federation) ; Karelia ; History
;
Sevander, Mayme ; 1923-2003
;
Soviet Union ; Politics and government ; 1936-1953
;
Electronic books
;
Karelia (Russia) Biography
;
Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953
;
Biografie
Abstract:
A riveting memoir of one family's struggle under a totalitarian regime."Mayme Sevander and Laurie Hertzel tell a poignant tale of a hidden corner of U.S. and Soviet history. Tracing the hopes and hardships of one family over two continents, They Took My Father explores the boundaries of loyalty, identity, and ideals." -Amy Goldstein, Washington Post
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Map of Soviet Karelia; Foreword; Acknowledgments; You Must Remember; Big Red, Little Red; The Little Communist; Pioneers Again; Filled with Hope; Wanting to Belong; They Took My Father; The Dark Days; Enemy of the People; A Grave Injustice; Trusted to Serve; Too Late for Mother; No Tears Left; To Know the Truth; Faces from the Past; Afterword
Note:
Originally published: Duluth, Minn. : Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers, 1992
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
