Dorotka’s Journey
Dorotka’s Journey

Author: Elia Villarreal

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2019-01-15

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 1546275916

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Inspired by real events, Dorotka’s Journey tells the story of a Polish girl who, against her will, immigrated to Texas in 1867 with her physician father and her grandmother. Through her diary, the seventeen-year-old records her sea voyage onboard a ship from Germany to Galveston and traveling by horse-drawn carriage through the mainland to San Antonio. She describes the contrasting lifestyle they must embrace in the rough frontier as something so different from the one they left behind. Eventually, Dorotka finds her way and discovers within herself a yearning for something greater than a simple existence in her new country.

The Journey
The Journey

Author: Kazia Myers

Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published: 2017-05-28

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 178462750X

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‘The Journey’ is a novel in three volumes set against the backdrop of World War 2. It is a story of unimaginable deprivation and survival, love and loss, of friendships forged through most challenging experiences.

The Polish Experience through World War II
The Polish Experience through World War II

Author: Aleksandra Ziólkowska-Boehm

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2013-05-09

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 0739178202

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The Polish Experience through World War II explores Polish history through the lives of people touched by the war. The touching and terrible experiences of these people are laid bare by straightforward, first-hand accounts, including not only the hardships of deportation and concentration and refugee camps, but also the price paid by the officers killed or taken as prisoners during WWII and the families they left behind. Ziolkowska-Boehm reveals the difficulties of these women and children when, having lost their husbands and fathers, their travails take them through Siberia, Persia, India, and then Africa, New Zealand, or Mexico. Ziolkowska-Boehm recounts the experiences of individuals who lived through this tumultuous period in history through personal interviews, letters, and other surviving documents. The stories include Krasicki, a military pilot who was on of around 22 thousand Polish killed in Katyn; the saga of the Wartanowicz family, a wealthy and influential family whose story begins well before the war; and Wanda Ossowska, a Polish nurse in Auschwitz and other German prison camps. Placed squarely in historical context, these incredible stories reveal the experiences of the Polish people up through the second World War.

The Art of Growing Older
The Art of Growing Older

Author: Wayne C. Booth

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1996-12-15

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780226065496

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Culled chiefly from great literary works, this unusual compendium of prose and poetry excerpts highlights the physical and emotional aspects of aging. Although Booth ( The Rhetoric of Fiction ), age 71, includes such cheery banal verse as "I Haven't Lost My Marbles Yet" (Minnie Hodapp), he has tailored this collection to encompass the unpleasant truths about aging. William Butler Yeats's "Sailing to Byzantium" and excerpts from Simone de Beauvoir's The Coming of Age offer realistic assessments of the perils and possible consolations of aging. The thoughtful commentary with which Booth connects the selections reminds readers that physical decay and fear of death are conditions common to us all. This provocative collection braces rather than comforts.