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Autore |
Samuel Wolfgang W. E |
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Titolo |
Coming to Colorado [[electronic resource] ] : a young immigrant's journey to become an American flyer / / Wolfgang W.E. Samuel |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-48518-0 |
9786612485183 |
1-60473-133-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees |
Air pilots, Military - United States |
Colorado Biography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Preface; CHAPTER 1. The Way Things Were; CHAPTER 2. A Child Once More; CHAPTER 3. Leaving for America; CHAPTER 4. USNS: George W. Goethals; CHAPTER 5. Coming to Colorado; CHAPTER 6. Emily Griffith Opportunity School; CHAPTER 7. Hedwig Grapentin; CHAPTER 8. Settling In; CHAPTER 9. East High School; CHAPTER 10. A Distant Goal; CHAPTER 11. Ingrid's Return; CHAPTER 12. High School Graduation; CHAPTER 13. A Taste of Failure; CHAPTER 14. On a Colorado Morning; CHAPTER 15. Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; CHAPTER 16. Flight 698; CHAPTER 17. Carswell Air Force Base, Texas |
CHAPTER 18. A Different WorldCHAPTER 19. Camp Kilmer, New Jersey; CHAPTER 20. USNS: Simon B. Buckner; CHAPTER 21. RAF Station Sculthorpe, England; CHAPTER 22. An Unlikely Wedding; CHAPTER 23. RMS: Queen Mary; CHAPTER 24. Differences and Choices; CHAPTER 25. A Shattered Marriage; CHAPTER 26. Coming Home to Colorado; CHAPTER 27. Harlingen Air Force Base, Texas; CHAPTER 28. A Dream Come True |
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In his acclaimed memoir German Boy: A Refugee's Story , Wolfgang W. |
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E. Samuel relates his experiences as a child surviving war and its hellish aftermath in occupied Germany. On January 24, 1951, exactly six years after his traumatic flight from Russian tanks, Samuel finds himself standing at the railing of a ship taking him to the land of his dreams--America. Coming to Colorado is the story of a refugee from war and deprivation, who at age sixteen, not understanding a word of English and with barely an eighth-grade education, leaves behind all that is familiar. Scarred by the violence, rape, a |
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