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Watermelons and thistles : growing up German from Russia in America / North Star Chapter of Minnesota Germans from Russia.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eagan, Minn. : Amber Skye, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xx, 164 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780997726657
  • 0997726652
Subject(s):
Contents:
Iron in our blood -- Tales from the sauerkraut triangle -- War -- Out of the farmyard, into the schoolyard and beyond -- Down the old wurst and knoepfla lane -- One foot in the old country -- Schnapps, anyone?
Production credits:
  • Editors: Bernelda Kallenberger Becker, Sharon Grenz Chmielarz, Nancy Gertner, Carol Just, Cynthia Miller.
Summary: "Where is home when you've traveled halfway around the world? Where is home when memories are all you have? Where is home when you find a new path? The Germans from Russia have been redefining the idea of home for over 200 years. They made home where they found themselves --among family, church, community, school and friends, whether they stayed in their small communities or ventured to cities across the globe. The members of the North Star Chapter of Minnesota Germans from Russia explore these themes and more in their second anthology of essays reflecting on being children of three homelands in two centuries. Their respect for the past and hopes for the future are ever-constant, and these glimpses into the spaces they call home will recall memories we all hold dear."--Publisher's description.
Holdings
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Not for Loan Not for Loan Main Library North Dakota Collection 973.0431 W328 Not for loan 33111009264199
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Watermelons and ThistlesWhere is home when you've traveled halfway around the world? Where is home when memories are all you have? Where is home when you find a new path? The Germans from Russia have been redefining the idea of home for over 200 years. They made home where they found themselves - among family, church, community, school and friends, whether they stayed in their small communities or ventured to cities across the globe. The members of the North Star Chapter of Minnesota Germans from Russia explore these themes and more in their second anthology of essays reflecting on being children of three homelands in two centuries. Their respect for the past and hopes for the future are ever-constant, and these glimpses into the spaces they call home will recall memories we all hold dear.

Editors: Bernelda Kallenberger Becker, Sharon Grenz Chmielarz, Nancy Gertner, Carol Just, Cynthia Miller.

Iron in our blood -- Tales from the sauerkraut triangle -- War -- Out of the farmyard, into the schoolyard and beyond -- Down the old wurst and knoepfla lane -- One foot in the old country -- Schnapps, anyone?

"Where is home when you've traveled halfway around the world? Where is home when memories are all you have? Where is home when you find a new path? The Germans from Russia have been redefining the idea of home for over 200 years. They made home where they found themselves --among family, church, community, school and friends, whether they stayed in their small communities or ventured to cities across the globe. The members of the North Star Chapter of Minnesota Germans from Russia explore these themes and more in their second anthology of essays reflecting on being children of three homelands in two centuries. Their respect for the past and hopes for the future are ever-constant, and these glimpses into the spaces they call home will recall memories we all hold dear."--Publisher's description.

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