My Grandpa's Story: The American Adventures of a German Immigrant
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This book by Mark J. Powers has been reissued under the new title: A GERMAN IMMIGRANT IN AMERICA: My Grandfather's Adventurous Life. It may be purchased through Amazon.com.The book is a compelling account of one German immigrant's experience starting over in America in the 1880s and surviving the years of World War_I, the labor strife and trials of the Great Depression, and World War_II.In this fictionalized biography, Powers captures the courageous and adventurous life of his grandfather, Franz Herman Feldbruegge - his early days as an apprentice blacksmith in Germany, his immigration to America at age seventeen, his life with his wife, Bertha, and the many years they spent farming in the Midwest and Canada.Powers grew up on a farm in Wisconsin. Sitting around the dinner table with his parents and tensiblings, he heard the many stories of adventures and escapades and came to know his grandfather when his mother cared for her amazing father at the end of his long life.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1986975614
ISBN13:9781986975612
Release Date:March 2018
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:244 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"
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