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Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the brakes. It felt like we waited in the carriage for an eternity, but eventually, the heavy doors opened, directly into the chaos outside. Sara Leibovitz, a 16-year-old Jewish girl, was a passenger on the train with her family. They spent their final moments together… Continue reading The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz by Eti Elboim and Sara Leibovits
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first posted this review in May 2009. A great autobiography set in The South filled with lasting friendships, first love, civil rights, and the heartbreak of… Continue reading In the Land of Cotton by Martha A. Taylor
For America, the period of 1800 to 1920 was an unparalleled time of broad expansion and growth driven by extraordinary factors unlike almost any other in history. It was a period of empire building and empire builders. The risks are high, but then too, the opportunities and rewards were high as well. The men in… Continue reading Out Where the West Begins: Profiles, Visions, and Strategies of Early Western Business Leaders, Vol. 1 by Philip F. Anschutz
H. Peter Nennhaus grew up in Berlin during WWII; a volatile time in German and world history. The book is different in that he tells the story from a German boy’s point of view who saw things differently at that time in history. You can see Mr. Nennhaus’s interest in history by reading the historical… Continue reading The Shipwreck of a Nation: Germany: An Inside View by H. Peter Nennhaus