Results: Tom Sukanen

Have you ever heard of Tom Sukanen?

From Wikipedia...'Tom Sukanen, was a Finnish-born sailor, farmer and Canadian. He immigrated to Minnesota at the age of 20, where he married and became a farmer. In 1911, he left his wife and farm and walked to Saskatchewan where his brother Svante Sukanen was living.' Have you ever heard anything about his story?

Do think Tom Sukanen sounded crazy or do think he was a genius?

This ship stands in a Pioneer Village Museum about 12 km south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. My brother actually did some welding on the ship to help restore it. I have visited the ship in the museum many times. I find his story fascinating! Does this sound like an interesting place to visit?

There is a book written loosely based on Tom Sukanen and his ship called Dustship Glory by Andreas Schroeder. It is set during the hardships of the "Dirty Thirties", Dustship Glory describes Sukanen's mythic effort to escape both the drought and pestilence of his time, as well as his own personal struggle to be free. It is an amazing book that really explains what people went through during the thirties! Would this be a book that would interest you?