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THE SAUNA AT TWELVE-FOOT IBD

MARLENE MATTILA STOEHR
RIVER BOX PRESS
01 / 2024
9798989499120
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Sinopsis

InáThe Sauna at Twelve-Foot, Marlene Mattila Stoehr captures Minnesota following the peak of Finnish immigration into the state, with evocative descriptions of the close-knit immigrant community of Sebeka, Minnesota. In a landscape of alfalfa fields, blueberry woods, and corn stubble, a parade of neighbors assembles each Saturday evening to 'take sauna.' They gather on the banks of the Red Eye River, at the deep spot known simply as 'Twelve-Foot.' In wintertime, children race down frozen cow-manure piles on hand-carved wooden skis. A party-line telephone rings to deliver news of a hard loss.The collection also includes the authorâÇÖs Finnish ancestral emigration stories and is an importantácontribution to MinnesotaâÇÖs womenâÇÖs and immigrant history. In a desperate search for food during devastating famine, a family skied 400 miles along frozen rivers to reach the Arctic Ocean. Other stories tell of emigration from Finnish-speaking communities in Norway to MichiganâÇÖs Upper Peninsula, and attempts to unravel mystery surrounding the death of a great-grandparent in MichiganâÇÖs 1895 Osceola mine fire.