Telling It the Way It Was

Sometimes witty and sometimes serious, Telling It the Way It Was provides a narrative of what life was like for the hardy and pragmatic immigrant settlers of the US breadbasket. In this memoir, author David Jussero presents a nostalgic tour of life in a predominately Finnish farm community in North Dakota from the turn of the century through the 1940s and 50s. Telling It the Way It Was relays stories about the hardships and successes of Jusseros Finnish and French ancestors who faced the demands