Heikki Heikkinen and Other Stories of Upper Peninsula Finns

by Lauri Anderson

The Finns of Michigan's UP are profiled by Lauri Anderson, who describes their comic aspects and tragic moments. Featured is Heikki, eighty years old, fond of beer, fishing, and potatoes, suspicious of barbeque grills and loathing of his smartass nephew from Lansing.

127 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1995

Reviews

[Catherine Yezak · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this latest installment in Lauri Anderson's Yooper Finn collection. The stories about Heikki's misadventures are very familiar to me, having grown up with uncles of the same temperament and told similar tall tales. It brought back my childhood, listening to my uncles try to out whopper each other with their stories of growing up in the Keewenaw.

[Lili · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fun for the first part of the book and then not so much.