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(RADICALISM.) Group of books from the library of the Astoria Finnish Workers Club in Oregon. 6 volumes, various bindings and conditions, all in Finnish; all but one with the bookplate of the Astoria Finnish Workers Club on the front pastedown. Various places, 1907-1924
Astoria in the northwestern corner of Oregon saw heavy migration from Finland in the early 20th century, drawing workers into its fishing industry. Many of the workers were radical; noted Finnish-Soviet journalist Santeri Nuorteva edited "The Comrade" there in 1912. We don't know much about the Astoria Finnish Workers Club, but they sent a $2.68 donation to the Daily Worker's emergency fund, as reported on 19 March 1929.
Jack London. "Kurjalistoa (The People of the Abyss)." A translation of London's 1903 novel into Finnish, published in one of the main destinations of Finnish-American migration. Hancock, MI, 1911.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. "Marsin Jumalat (The Gods of Mars)." Hämeenlinna, [1923].
James Oliver Curwood. "Salomaiden Samoilijat (Nomads of the North)." An American novel in the Jack London tradition, originally published in 1919. Hämeenlinna, Finland, [1924].
Kaarlo Valli. "Liekeissä." Valli was a Finnish labor activist; this novel was based on his experiences serving in the Red Army in World War One. [Vaasa, Finland, 1922].
John Parkkila. "Siirtolaisen Kannel: Kokoelma Runoja." A collection of poems by a Finnish-American author. Hancock, MI, 1907.
"Proletaari Lauluja," a pamphlet of Socialist worker's songs, without the Astoria bookplate but found with the same collection. Duluth, MN, 1918.
