This is My Life: Autobiography of Dr. Peter Mannsfeld

by Dr Peter Mannsfeld and Watt Key

Dr. Peter Mannsfeld, a German Balt, spent his early childhood in Riga, Latvia. In 1940 his family was forced to flee to Germany before the Russian invasion. Finding themselves trapped in what would ultimately become East Germany, the Mannsfelds survived as anti-communist refugees. Using a combination of intelligence, perseverance, and courage, Peter set about overcoming the oppression of the Hitler and Stalin regimes, determined to educate himself as a chemist. In 1964, after many years of struggling to get his doctorate in chemistry, Peter found work as an assistant superintendent at Degussa Corporation in Cologne, Germany. As a result of his successes gained through ingenuity and a somewhat maverick style of management, he quickly rose through the ranks, ultimately receiving the assignment of opening a new Degussa plant in the United States. Mannsfeld was named President of Degussa Alabama in 1973 and Vice President of Engineering for all Degussa plants in the United States in 1977. His innovations at the Degussa facility in Theodore, Alabama gained global recognition throughout the manufacturing industry. Because of his example, foreign interests such as Mercedes were convinced they could operate profitably in the southern United States, a region once avoided due to corrupt politics and obstructive union organizations. Watt Key is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and speaker. His debut novel, ALABAMA MOON, was released to national acclaim in 2006, won the prestigious E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, and has been published in ten languages. In 2009 ALABAMA MOON was made into a feature film starring John Goodman. In 2015 ALABAMA MOON was listed by TIME Magazine as one of the top 100 young-adult books of all time. Key's subsequent novels have received starred reviews from publications such as Kirkus , Publishers Weekly , and School Library Journal . In addition to his novels and screenplays, Watt writes fiction and nonfiction articles for both local and nationally distributed publications.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CMJCQCC7
• ISBN13: 9798386346393
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"