Coming to Colorado : a young immigrant's journey to become an American flyer /

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In his acclaimed memoir German Boy: A Refugee's Story, Wolfgang W.E. Samuel relates his experiences as a child surviving war and its hellish aftermath in occupied Germany. On January 24, 1951, exactly six years after his traumatic flight from Russian tanks, Samuel finds himself standing at the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Samuel, Wolfgang W. E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
Subjects:
Samuel, Wolfgang W. E.
United States. > Air Force > Biography.
États-Unis. > Air Force > Biographies.
United States. > Air Force
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > Biography.
Air pilots, Military > United States > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Réfugiés > Biographies.
Pilotes d'aéronef militaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > Military > Aviation.
Air pilots, Military
Refugees
Colorado > Biography.
Colorado > Biographies.
Colorado
United States
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations; Preface; CHAPTER 1. The Way Things Were; CHAPTER 2. A Child Once More; CHAPTER 3. Leaving for America; CHAPTER 4. USNS: George W. Goethals; CHAPTER 5. Coming to Colorado; CHAPTER 6. Emily Griffith Opportunity School; CHAPTER 7. Hedwig Grapentin; CHAPTER 8. Settling In; CHAPTER 9. East High School; CHAPTER 10. A Distant Goal; CHAPTER 11. Ingrid's Return; CHAPTER 12. High School Graduation; CHAPTER 13. A Taste of Failure; CHAPTER 14. On a Colorado Morning; CHAPTER 15. Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; CHAPTER 16. Flight 698; CHAPTER 17. Carswell Air Force Base, Texas.

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