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Fiction. A compelling story of emigrants from Poland in the period after America's great Civil War. A young girl from a Baltic fishing community, a proud soldier in service to Prussian militarism, and the love that compels him to take the gamble of a lifetime. Theirs is no simple voyage to the New World as they deal with the challenges of a mismanaged squarerigger, discord among their fellow passengers, a scarcity of food, and mounting disasters. |
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The Last Mazurka: A Family’s Tale of War, Passion, and Loss
by Andrew Tarnowski
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date: August 2007
ISBN-13: 9780312367404 |
Nonfiction. An extraordinary tale of the downfall of a once-powerful family, which in turn mirrors the twentieth-century fate of a nation ravaged by invasions and crushed by tyranny. Before 1945, Poland, now a fledgling EU country, was an almost Tolstoyan world of wolf hunts and extravagant wealth, set alongside great poverty and a semifeudal peasantry, in a landscape of frozen fields and dark forests. Broken by war, it was reduced by communism to drab uniformity, and a way of life was lost forever. |
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Hiding in Plain Sight: The Incredible Story of a German-Jewish Teenager’s Struggle to Survive in the Nazi-Occupied Poland, Vol. 1
by Betty Lauer
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Publisher: Smith & Kraus, Inc.
Pub. Date: May 2004
ISBN-13: 9781575253497 |
| Fiction. "Bertel is twelve years old and living in Hindenburg, Germany, with her mother Ilona and her sister Eva. They are waiting for their American visas to arrive while making preparations to join Oskar in America. These plans are crushed in October 28 when the Nazis round up the Jews in Hindenburg, forcibly expelling Bertel and her family from Germany into Poland. For the next seven years, Bertel conceals her true identity. Living as a young Polish woman under an assumed name, she struggles to survive as she moves from town to town in Nazi-occupied Poland." This is a story of faith, Providence, and the ability of a young girl to survive while hiding in plain sight, in the dark shadow of the Nazi death factory. |
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Push Not the River
by James Conroyd Martin
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date: September 2004
ISBN-13: 9780312311537 |
| Fiction. "James Conroyd Martin's vivid historical novel captivates the reader with its sweeping depiction of a bygone society on the cusp of violent change. Combining politics with intrigue and romance, Push Not the River gives us a glimpse into the turbulent era of late eighteenth century Poland and its people. Aristocrats and peasants, patriots and traitors come alive in this story, and the Polish soul is beautifully illuminated through ancient myths, folkways, and wisdoms. With his juxtaposition of the personal and political, Martin weaves a compelling tale of transformation--both of a remarkable young woman and her remarkable nation." (Jennifer Donnelly, author of The Tea Rose) |
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