Finnish beginnings : a childhood in Finland : a historical memoir / Rauni Ollikainen.

"Finnish Beginnings is a memoir about the author's childhood in Finland. But it is much more than that. It is about her working class family and how they coped through four wars. It is about Finnish history and culture, told through the eyes of the author as a child, describing how the family was im...

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Main Author: Ollikainen, Rauni (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Sparrow Bush, NY] : Sisu Publishing, [2012]
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Physical Description:231 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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