Project Gutenberg 2022-10-21 Public domain in the USA. 135 Virkkunen, Artturi H. (Artturi Heikki) 1864 1924 Virkkunen, A. H. Matti Pohto: Vanhojen suomalaisten kirjain pelastaja $aFinland :$bOtava,$c1924. Tapio Riikonen "Vanhojen suomalaisten kirjain pelastaja" by Artturi H. Virkkunen is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the life and contributions of Matti Pohto, a notable figure in Finnish literature who dedicated his life to collecting and preserving old Finnish books. Through his tireless efforts, he amassed a significant collection that is of great cultural importance to the Finnish literary heritage. The opening of the work presents an in-depth overview of Matti Pohto's origins, detailing his challenging childhood in a large family in Finland and his early hardships. It highlights his passion for collecting literature from a young age and his dedication to preserving books that would otherwise be lost to time. Despite his lack of formal education, Pohto emerges as an extraordinary character whose journey reflects perseverance and a deep love for Finnish culture and literature. The text serves as both a biography and an homage to a man whose life's work has had a lasting impact on Finnish scholarship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220621091443virkkunen 1924 FI Reading ease score: 20.6 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. fi Bibliomania Pohto, Matti, 1817-1857 Z Text Category: Biographies Category: History - Other 96076 2025-06-27T10:08:36.504344 text/html 95891 95837 2024-12-28T11:19:16.540743 2023-09-29T11:51:40.925581 text/html text/html 125384 2025-06-27T10:08:42.224343 application/epub+zip 124274 2025-06-27T10:08:39.850344 application/epub+zip 97653 2025-06-27T10:08:38.679410 application/epub+zip 351616 2025-06-27T10:08:43.834419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345194 2025-06-27T10:08:41.473381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85855 2025-06-27T10:08:36.273391 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 65957 2024-10-19T01:29:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16171 2025-06-27T10:08:43.953389 application/rdf+xml 25017 2025-06-27T10:08:39.164332 image/jpeg 5154 2025-06-27T10:08:38.919398 image/jpeg 125528 2025-06-27T10:08:36.515366 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia