Deep river : a novel
(Book)

"In the early 1900s, as the oppression of Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings -- Ilmari, Matti, and the politicized young Aino -- are forced to flee to the United States. Not far from the majestic Columbia River, the siblings settle among other Finns in a logging community in southern Washington, where the first harvesting of the colossal old-growth forests begets rapid development, and radical labor movements begin to catch fire. The brothers face the excitement and danger of pioneering this frontier wilderness -- climbing and felling trees one-hundred meters high -- while Aino, foremost of the book's many strong, independent women, devotes herself to organizing the industry's first unions. ... At its heart, Deep River is an ambitious and timely exploration of the place of the individual, and of the immigrant, in an America still in the process of defining its own identity." --,Provided by publisher.