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To the Copper Country: Mihaela's Journey (Great Lakes Books Series) by Barbara Carney-Coston; Wayne State University. Press is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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In 1886, 11-year-old Mihaela embarks on a journey from Croatia to the Keweenaw Peninsula, also known as Michigan's Copper Country. Mihaela's papa had made the trip two years beforehand in order to work the copper mines so that he could send money back home, but a painful eye disease has left him vulnerable in a new land and in need of the skills of his wife, an expert healer. And so Mihaela, her mother, and two younger brothers leave their family farm in Croatia for what they assume will be a brief visit to America, only to find themselves faced with a great many challenges and a stay that will not be temporary after all. To the Copper Country: Mihaela's Journey is based on the family history of author Barbara Carney-Coston. Her ancestors made the voyage from Croatia to Michigan in the late nineteenth century, a time when many different groups were immigrating to the United States in search of a new life and better opportunities for their families. A common thread runs...

Author

Barbara Carney-Coston; Wayne State University. Press

Publisher

Wayne State University Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814343630

Subjects

History, Fiction, Historical Fiction