1913 · Hancock, Mich
by Tähtelä, Kalle
Hancock, Mich: Työmies Kustannusyhtiö, 1913. 8vo, pp. 213, [1]; original pictorial brown cloth stamped in red on the upper cover; cloth somewhat rubbed and a bit bumped; a good, sound copy, or better. Garrett Scott writes: "Seven stories from this Finnish-born author (resident for a time in America), including the novella "Amerikaan," published at the fairly prolific "Workman's Press" in Hancock, Michigan. There was an edition of this title also published in Helsinki the same year. Tähtelä was executed in late 1919 by the White Army after being shot down as a Red Army pilot during the Russian Revolution. Early Seattle pencil ownership inscription in Finnish on the front free endpaper."
(Inventory #: 36080)