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Author | : Frederic Morton |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2010-06-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1439104646 |
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One of the most revered essayists and novelists of his generation, Frederic Morton has captured with matchless immediacy the glamour of Vienna before World War I and the storied opulence of the Rothschild family in his bestselling and award-winning works. Now, in his first book in more than fifteen years, he delivers a luminous look at his own unique pursuit of the American dream. Like many Austrian boys in 1936, the author idolizes Fritz Austerlitz, the Austrian American who went to Hollywood and emerged as Fred Astaire. When his family is forced to flee Vienna, Fritz Mandelbaum becomes Fred Morton and immigrates to New York City. Though he does not learn English until he is sixteen years old, Morton nonetheless goes on to succeed as a writer. The author sets out ten scenes from his pilgrim life and his remarkable road to success: from watching a poorly dubbed Astaire in Vienna to delivering apricot tarts as a baker's assistant in New York; from Salt Lake City where as a young English instructor he met Vladimir Nabokov to a Christmas spent with the Rothschilds at Château Mouton. Runaway Waltz is a soulful, beautifully written portrait of one man's extraordinary quest for fulfillment and enduring transformation.
Author | : Günter Bischof |
Publisher | : StudienVerlag |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2017-07-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3706558823 |
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Österreichische Einwanderung in die USA Die vorliegende Publikation beleuchtet das Thema der Migration von Österreichern in die USA genauer, das bis heute ein immer noch sehr unerforschtes Gebiet ist. Seit kurzer Zeit erlebt die Forschung allerdings einen neuen Aufschwung, es herrscht großes Interesse vor allem in der Biografieforschung. Die vorliegenden Beiträge basieren auf einer Tagung, die im Juni 2015 in Wien zum gleichnamigen Thema stattgefunden hat. Es handelt sich hauptsächlich um Fallstudien über emigrierte Österreicher, die ihre Heimat aus wirtschaftlichen, politischen oder karrieretechnischen Gründen verlassen haben. Alle mussten sich mit einer schwierigen Einwanderungspolitik der USA auseinandersetzen, trotzdem ist den meisten von ihnen eine erfolgreiche Integration in die amerikanische Gesellschaft gelungen. ************************************************************************************** The essays in this book argue that the United States served as a great attraction for economic betterment to Austrian migrants before and World War I; yet a third of these migrants actually remigrated. Remigration was less likely after World War I as the economic situation deteriorated in Europe and the political situation landscape became desperate for Jews and the opponents of the Hitler regime. Most of the Austrians migrating to the U.S. in the World War II era stayed. For the roughly 30,000 Jews who had been brutally kicked out of their homes after the "Anschluss" and managed to snag immigration papers to the U.S., returning to desperately poor and still anti-Semitic Austria was not an option. These case studies show that integrating and assimilating into the American mainstream often was a difficult process that might take two generations. Many of the intellectuals and academics never fully felt at home in the U.S. as they viewed American culture shallow and American values too materialistic.
Author | : Simplex Piano Player Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Player piano rolls |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Boris Galperin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 527 |
Release | : 2019-02-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1107043883 |
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Presents a comprehensive, multidisciplinary volume on the physics of zonal jets, from the leading experts, for graduate students and researchers.
Author | : Melville Clark Piano Co., Chicago |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 846 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Player piano rolls |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Aeolian Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Player piano music |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Aeolian Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 694 |
Release | : 1901 |
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ISBN | : |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Austria |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Adolph Baumbach |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1862 |
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Author | : Lisa M. Mundey |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2022-02-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476646821 |
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During two decades of fighting in Afghanistan, U.S. service members confronted numerous challenges in their mission to secure the country from the threat of al-Qaeda and the Taliban and assist in rebuilding efforts. Because the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan occurred simultaneously, much of the American public conflated them or failed to notice the Afghanistan War; and most of the war's archival material remains classified and closed to civilian researchers. Drawing on interviews and letters home, this book relates the Afghanistan War through the experiences of American troops, with firsthand accounts of both combat and humanitarian operations, the environment, living conditions and interactions with the locals.