The opposite of cold : the Northwoods Finnish sauna tradition

Author

Michael Nordskog

Call Number

• 977.6 N8329 (CEN)

Browse similar titles by call number

Publication Information

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.

Physical Description

xvi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

A full-color history and celebration of Finnish sauna in the western Great Lakes region.

Contents

• Introduction: The sign of the Finn / Arnold R. Alanen
• Sauna in the New World
• Immigrant saunas in the Lake Superior Region
• Finland's sauna culture
• The North American lakeside tradition
• The value of heat
• Keeping the wood-fired sauna tradition alive.