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Jonas of Kiviijarvi | 
 enlarge | Author: Leslie Wisuri
Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc.
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1774490
Media: Perfect Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0878391045
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780878391042
ASIN: 0878391045
Publication Date: January 1, 1997
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Condition: 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall Clean & tight copy. Multiple copies available. 6B5-2.
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Product Description
Jonas Wisuri emigrated from Finland near the turn of the century, after Finland had been Russian-ruled for nearly one hundred years. He brought with im stories of "the Ghost," a Finnish freedom fighter who contributed greatly to the morale of the Finnish people.
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 Not just for history buffs! February 26, 2000
Melissa Bockting (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A great read! I really enjoyed the book. Great story line that made you keep reading. Interesting even if you know nothing about that time period.
WONDERFULLY TOLD STORY!! October 13, 1998
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
.....about a Finnish freedom fighter living in the woods on the run from the Russian authorities. Every page keeps you on the edge of your seat as Jonas finds new and ingenious ways to outwit the Russian trackers to stay one step ahead of them, and a hero to his fellow Finns.
GREAT BOOK!!!! JONAS IS THE FINNISH RAMBO!!! June 13, 1998
Richard M. Niittula (mcallen,texas.usa)
great read. it explains how it was for a finn during the russian rule of finland. the scary part is that it is a true story.
 For the kids ... January 18, 2001
The writing isn't great. The story IS interesting. But this isn't literature. To be appreciated mostly by the younger teens. True story or fiction? Doesn't matter. If you've read anything about the Finns you'll already know that they're a tough and resourceful people. In this book they're nearly psychic. The russians cop an awful beating though, at times made to look almost sub-human. It's cheap. Buy it. But not if you're a russian.Interesting subcurrent is the obvious anti-russian sentiment. Considering the time this was written, maybe it was subconsciously also anti-soviet?
True adventure stories that read like a finely crafted novel May 4, 2001
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
When, after conflict lasting a year and a half, a Russian army of 85,000 finally defeated a force of 12,000 Finns, Finland became a Grand Duchy of Russia in 1808, and a rebel movement was born. Jonas Wisuri emigrated from Finland near the turn of the next century, after Finland had been under Russian rule for nearly a hundred years, bringing with him stories of the "Ghost", a Finnish freedom fighter. Leslie Wisuri has collected these stories in Jonas Of Kiivijarvi: Finnish Freedom Fighter into a book that reads like a finely crafted novel, but which Leslie believes were true stories from Jonas' own life and experiences.
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