To the copper country [electronic resource] : Mihaela's journey / Barbara Carney-Coston.

In 1886, 11-year-old Mihaela embarks on a journey from Croatia to the Keweenaw Peninsula, also known as Michigan's Copper Country. Mihaela's papa had made the trip two years beforehand in order to work the copper mines so that he could send money back home, but a painful eye disease has left him vul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carney-Coston, Barbara (Author)
Corporate Author: Wayne State University. Press (Publisher)
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2017.
Series:Great Lakes books
Subjects:
Immigrants > Michigan > Keweenaw Peninsula > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Juvenile fiction.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2017 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
To the Copper Country: Mihaela's Journey
Format: Electronic eBook

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