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Author Sevander, Mayme, 1923-2003.

Title They took my father : Finnish Americans in Stalin's Russia / Mayme Sevander with Laurie Hertzel ; foreword by Tom Morgan
Published Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 190 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Contents 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
Summary A riveting memoir of one familys 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
Notes Originally published: Duluth, Minn. : Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers, 1992
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Subject Sevander, Mayme, 1923-2003.
Corgan, Oscar, 1887-1938.
SUBJECT Corgan, Oscar, 1887-1938. fast (OCoLC)fst00314886
Sevander, Mayme, 1923-2003. fast (OCoLC)fst01799786
Subject Political persecution -- Russia (Federation) -- Karelia -- History
Immigrants -- Russia (Federation) -- Karelia -- Biography
Finnish Americans -- Russia (Federation) -- Karelia -- Biography
Finnish American communists -- Biography
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
Finnish American communists.
Finnish Americans.
Immigrants.
Political persecution.
Politics and government
Finnen.
SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125847
Karelia (Russia) -- Biography
Subject Russia (Federation) -- Karelia.
Soviet Union.
Genre/Form Biographies.
History.
Form Electronic book
Author Hertzel, Laurie
LC no. 2003023114
ISBN 9780816695874
0816695873