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Signed, without inscription, by author upon front free endpaper. 108 pages. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The real life story of a people filled with idealism and controversy, and with age, so maligned that many who have lived the times have kept silent. Looking back, the events of the 1920s and '30s are finally put into historical context. The entire socialist element of the Finnish population in North America was in the process of a political upheaval. The Russian Revolution and the Civil War in Finland were, like sparks in wind, catalysts to a prairie fire, and the course of political idealism and action was shaped for the next twenty years." - back cover. This copy appears to have originally been a paperback which has been professionally rebound in hardcover with the original covers and backstrip preserved. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this fascinating study. Book