A German Immigrant in America: My Grandfather's Adventurous Life

by Mark J. Powers

A GERMAN IMMIGRANT IN AMERICA (originally published as MY GRANDPA'S STORY) is a compelling account of one German immigrant's experience starting over in America in the 1880s and surviving the years of World War I, the labor strife and trials of the Great Depression, and World War II.In this fictionalized biography, Powers captures the courageous and adventurous life of his grandfather, Franz Herman Feldbruegge - his early days as an apprentice blacksmith in Germany, his immigration to America at age seventeen, his life with his wife, Bertha, and the many years they spent farming in the Midwest and Canada.Powers grew up on a farm in Wisconsin. Sitting around the dinner table with his parents and ten siblings, he heard the many stories of adventures and escapades and came to know his grandfather when his mother cared for her amazing father at the end of his long life

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1727748514
• ISBN13: 9781727748512
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"