The Meaning of Names /

"Set in 1918 in the farm country at the heart of America, The Meaning of Names is the story of an ordinary woman trying to raise a family during extraordinary times. Estranged from her parents because she married against their will, confronted with violence and prejudice against her people, and...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Shoemaker, Karen Gettert, 1957-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Pasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, [2014]
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
American Literature.
Languages & Literatures.
English.
German American women.
Americaines d'origine allemande > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > États-Unis > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Americains d'origine allemande > Violence envers > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Épidemie de grippe espagnole, 1918-1919 > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
German American women > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > United States > Fiction.
German Americans > Violence against > Fiction.
Familes > Fiction.
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > Fiction.
United States.
Nebraska.
Nebraska > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Nebraska > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Set in 1918 in the farm country at the heart of America, The Meaning of Names is the story of an ordinary woman trying to raise a family during extraordinary times. Estranged from her parents because she married against their will, confronted with violence and prejudice against her people, and caught up in the midst of the worst plague the world has ever seen, Gerda Vogel, an American of German descent, must find the strength to keep her family safe from the effects of a war that threatened to consume the whole world. The Meaning of Names re-creates a world gone by that speaks eloquently to modern day issues"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9781597092777

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