Runaway Waltz

Author : Frederic Morton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439104644

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Runaway Waltz by Frederic Morton Pdf

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
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9783706558822

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Quiet Invaders Revisited by Günter Bischof Pdf

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 : Boris Galperin,Peter L. Read
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107043886

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Zonal Jets by Boris Galperin,Peter L. Read Pdf

Presents a comprehensive, multidisciplinary volume on the physics of zonal jets, from the leading experts, for graduate students and researchers.

Author : Lisa M. Mundey
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476646824

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Fighting the Forever War by Lisa M. Mundey Pdf

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.

Author : Frederic Morton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416591344

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The Forever Street by Frederic Morton Pdf

Berek, a young penniless Jew of eighteen is struggling to make a home of Turk Place, a desolate street that, in 1873 Vienna, was little more than a Gypsy encampment. But Berek believes fiercely in his own power to forge miracles. Taking the caretaker's daughter as his bride, Berek is confident he can thrive on faith. When a mysterious piece of stone comes into his possession, he and his wife believe their prayers have been answered; the stone may be a holy fragment of Jerusalem's Wailing Wall. This relic, no larger than a brick, proves to transfigure the couple's lives. They make Turk Place their home and three generations of Turk Place residents share the legacy of the Brick. For six decades, the family perseveres in the face of tumultuous events -- World War I, the shattering of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Great Depression. But Hitler's "final solution" forces them to make an impossible choice: flee the Nazis or remain and perish.

Author : Kati Marton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781416542452

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The Great Escape by Kati Marton Pdf

The “intensely gripping story” of John von Neumann, Leo Szilard, Arthur Koestler, and six other world-renowned Hungarian Jews who fled the Nazis (The Washington Post Book World). In this book, New York Times–bestselling author Kati Marton tells the stunning tale of nine men who grew up in Budapest’s brief Golden Age, then, driven from Hungary by anti-Semitism, fled to the West, especially to the United States, and changed the world. These nine men, each celebrated for individual achievements, were part of a unique group who grew up in a time and place that will never come again. Four helped usher in the nuclear age and the computer, two were major movie myth-makers, two were immortal photographers, and one was a seminal writer. From a Peabody Award–winning journalist and finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award, The Great Escape is a groundbreaking, poignant American story and an important untold chapter of the tumultuous last century. “Describes the crossroads where art and politics meet, the perils of dictatorship and the horrors of war, all of it punctuated by the frantic struggle to create the atomic bomb. . . . Deserves a special place on bookshelves alongside Budapest 1900.” —The New York Times Book Review “By looking at these nine lives—salvaged, and crucial—Marton provides a moving measure of how much was lost.” —The New Yorker “[Marton has] a keen understanding of what it means to leave one’s country behind.” —The Seattle Times “A haunting tale of the wartime Hungarian diaspora. . . . Marton writes beautifully.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Filled with a number of wonderful anecdotes.” —Chicago Sun-Times “An engrossing book.” —Library Journal

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Austria
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133520978

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Austrian Information by Anonim Pdf

Author : Giuseppe Verdi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Operas
ISBN : UOM:39015096652857

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O Hail Us, Ye Free by Giuseppe Verdi Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023246280

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Musical Gift, a collection of ... Pianoforte music by different authors by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mary Dana Shindler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015096423382

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Flee as a Bird by Mary Dana Shindler Pdf

Author : Joseph Philip Knight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015096404614

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Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep by Joseph Philip Knight Pdf

Author : Weingarten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Dance music
ISBN : UOM:39015096559516

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The Favorite Blue Bird Polka Redowa by Weingarten Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Songs with piano
ISBN : UOM:39015096396133

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Not for Gold Or Precious Stones by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023005570

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The Musical Treasure, a collection of vocal and instrumental music, etc by Anonim Pdf

Author : Adolph Baumbach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022881700

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Sacred Quartetts, etc by Adolph Baumbach Pdf