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n xi Acknowledgments Gary Kaunonen would like to acknowledge and thank many people, institutions, and archives for their help in making this book possible. First and foremost, my family: Sofia, Niilo, and Grady, this book is dedicated to each of you. If I can teach you one thing in life, it is that persistence pays off (and never trust “The Man”). Lindsay was patient and supportive of late nights at the keyboard and trips to public presentations. My parents, Art and Edie, who are always supportive, were interested in the work and generous in compliments. To my friend and co-author, “AG,” this was my first long-distance relationship that worked. Thank you. I wish to give thanks to members of the academy who have steered my interests and sparked my curiosity. From very early on: Dr. Carol MacLennan has been a guiding light; Dr. Larry Lankton and Kim Hoagland have been inspirations and great mentors; more recently, Dr. Beth Flynn and Dr. Robert Johnson of Tech’s Humanities Department have been incredible in guiding my academic PhD plans and considerate in providing time to finish this book. I would also like to thank Dr. Karla Kitalong for her interest in this work, “eh.” xii n Acknowledgments Lastly, I would like to thank “The Dynamic” and all the others at the 2011 Industrial Archaeology Field School at Cliff Mine for cutting me some slack on my research days. Nick “Young Buck” Reed and Eric “Eazy E” Pomber are about the funniest fellas I have ever met in an archaeology trench, and the other people I met there were incredible as well: Chris, Roger, Bubbles, Megs, et al. Special thanks go to Dr. Tim Scarlett and soon-to-be Dr. Sean “Messrs.” Gohman for letting me skip out on the hot days to do archival research in an air conditioned building. Aaron Goings wishes to extend his gratitude to everyone who helped make this book possible. First, I am fortunate to have a number of supportive coworkers at Saint Martin’s University. Thanks to my friends and fellow workers Roger Snider, Rex Casillas, David Price, Brian Barnes, Dick Langill, Kathleen McKain, Father Peter Tynan, Jeff Birkenstein, Olivia Archibald, Julia Chavez, Teresa Winstead, Michael Butler, Victor Kogan, Keri Olsen, Robert Hauhart, Karen Jaskar, Don Stout, Paul Patterson, Julie Yamamoto, Kirsti Thomas, Leslie Huff, John Hopkins, Joe Mailhot, Jeremy Newton, Marie Boisvert, Heather Grob, and Todd Barosky. I am especially indebted to the long-haired, wild-eyed radicals (you know who you are) among the Saint Martin’s faculty who devote so much time and energy to fighting for academic freedom and workers’ rights. This project emerged from many conversations with my friend and coauthor Gary Kaunonen, and this book is the project of our true collaboration. I also wish to thank Mark Leier, Betsy Jameson, and Karen Blair for their years of generosity, kindness, and intellectual guidance. My greatest debts are owed to my family. I am especially grateful to my parents, Chris and Mike, brothers Brad and Todd, and my late grandmother Nina, whose support guided me through this long academic journey. Thanks as well to the Archie, Goings, Utter, Clocksin, and Cardinal families for all the years of encouragement, and the good times in Humptulips and at Nina’s house. And, thank you to the AmRheins and Sheinbaums for welcoming me into your families. I dedicate this book to my wonderful wife Jess. She is the light of my life. We both wish to thank, applaud, and encourage support for the area’s archival collections: Michigan Technological University’s Copper Country Historical Collections , Keweenaw National Historical Park’s Archive and Museum Collections, and Finlandia University’s Finnish American Historical Archives are superb. These three repositories hold an incredible collection of materials, and the staffs at all three are first-rate. Specifically, we would like to thank Erik Nordberg, Beth Russell, and Sawyer Newman at “The Tech”; Jeremiah Mason, Brian Hoduski, Jo Urion, and Kathleen Harter at Keweenaw National Historical Park; and James Kurtti and Hilary Virtanen Acknowledgments n xiii at Finlandia. A special thank you to the Friends of the Van Pelt Library, which awarded Aaron a travel grant to support one of his visits to the Copper Country. We would also like to thank Michigan State University Press, especially Julie Loehr, Julie Reaume, and Kristine Blakeslee, for supporting this project. A hearty thank you also goes out to the initial readers of the manuscript who gave us...

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