My dad picked up this book at a Finnish American fest. It is almost parallel to the story of my greatgrandfather. Matti and his family move to the United States to avoid the oldest son from being drafted in the Russian army. Taking advantage of the Homestead Act, they start a new life, tilling the land and building their home with just the natural resources provided to them. It is probably written for a junior high/high school audience, but is an excellent portrayal of the largest immigratio More...

This book was absolutely pointless! Took a very long time to get to anything good at all and it lasted for like five pages. Horrible ending YAY for the wedding but it went on and sucked!!! O.K. for like the first three chapters but after that did not like it. That’s my thoughts on Song of Sampo Lake.

The most boring book in the history of boring books!!!!!!