Val K., Immigrant

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Gerald R. Schmidt, 2025

9798232547455

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - VAL K., IMMIGRANTStep into the last year of Val Karnowski's life in occupied Poland -when the iron grip of Prussian rule leaves no young man untouched. Drafted into the Prussian army for the 3rd time, Val faces serving once again in a foreign uniform, fighting in a war that is not his own: the Franco-Prussian War. But this time, he chooses a different path. He seizes an opportunity, and deserts.Val's flight takes him into the heart of the War. In France, he aligns himself with guerillas who harry the invading Germans at every turn. Alongside Lt. Ernest Lipowski, the hero of Châteaudun, Val learns the art of unconventional warfare-and what it means to fight for a cause more truly is his own. Follow him through the great battles of the war, thru the mud, hearing the cannon's roar, and witnessing the courage of those resisting one of Europe's most formidable army. Commiserate with his heart-rending diary entries from the trenches.Experience the chaos of the Paris Commune, led by the indomitable Polish General Jaros¿aw D¿browski, as revolution shakes the heart of France.Be present at the proclamation of the German Empire in the glittering Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Learn about the shocking reprisals and crushing indemnities imposed on defeated France, and the heroism of innocent people brutalized by Otto von Bismarck's savage war machine. Thru newspaper clippings woven into the narrative, see the war thru contemporary eyes. Be present at Bismarck's visitations from Satan, who gives him examples of tyrants from history to imitate.Val's story doesn't end in France. As the guns fall silent, he must make his way back to Poland, still under Prussian control. Every step is dangerous. If discovered, the punishment for one who fought for the enemy would be fatal. Yet Val returns, navigating suspicion and scrutiny with a cunning born of necessity.Letters from Chicago's Polish immigrants urge Val to join them there. Glimpse what Chicago was like in the year before his arrival: what he was inserting himself into. Read newspaper account of the Great Conflagration of 1871, and its rebuilding - his opportunity to earn a living and make a new life.Read about the founding and growth of St. Stanislaus Kostka parish, the mother church of Chicago's north-side Polonia, to which so many tracing their roots eventually lead back.Travel with Val on a grueling 52-day voyage across the storm-tossed North Atlantic in November 1871, aboard a barque crammed with 217 other hopeful Poles, Kashubes and Germans. Experience the daily hardships, the camaraderie, and the uncertainty of immigrant life at sea. Arrive at Castle Garden in New York, and learn how newcomers were processed before Ellis Island existed.Though a work of fiction, this book is rich with verifiable history-events, personalities, and details carefully drawn from authentic records, eyewitness accounts, and period newspapers. It is both a compelling adventure and an education in the world of the 1870s. For readers of historical fiction, lovers of European and Chicago history, and anyone with a personal or genealogical connection to Poland, France, or America's immigrant story, this book offers a rare and vivid journey. From the battlefields of France to the immigrant wards of Chicago, from Versailles to Vatican City, follow Val Karnowski's extraordinary odyssey-and discover a story that is as enlightening as it is unforgettable.…

Codice articolo 9798232547455

Titolo
Val K., Immigrant
Autore
Gerald R. Schmidt
Editore
Gerald R. Schmidt
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Condizione
Neu
Rilegatura
Taschenbuch
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 13
9798232547455
Peso dell'articolo
798 grammi
Dimensioni
229x152x29 mm

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