A Stranger in your Midst - Couverture souple

Lehmann, Carl

 
9780595424993: A Stranger in your Midst
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595424996 ISBN 13 : 9780595424993
Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

This is the saga of one immigrant's trials, tribulations and triumphs. He is only a teenager when he arrives on the shores of New York, almost penniless, cardboard suitcase in hand. He is alone, has no friends, speaks no English and has no job. What he does have is boundless optimism. He gets involved with Cuban exiles training for the Bay of Pigs invasion. The mob offers him a job they think he can't refuse. The Army trains him to be a killing machine. He drinks, he gambles and he follows the dictates of his raging hormones. He continuously tries to adapt himself to his new surroundings wherever and whatever they may be. Every time he thinks he is no longer a stranger he finds himself confounded by a new twist in his efforts to assimilate.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the saga of one immigrant's trials, tribulations and triumphs. He is only a teenager when he arrives on the shores of New York, almost penniless, cardboard suitcase in hand. He is alone, has no friends, speaks no English and has no job. What he does have is boundless optimism. He gets involved with Cuban exiles training for the Bay of Pigs invasion. The mob offers him a job they think he can't refuse. The Army trains him to be a killing machine. He drinks, he gambles and he follows the dictates of his raging hormones. He continuously tries to adapt himself to his new surroundings wherever and whatever they may be. Every time he thinks he is no longer a stranger he finds himself confounded by a new twist in his efforts to assimilate.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1960. Seeking his place in the world, he traveled across country, worked in the finest hotels, joined the U.S. Army, received a battlefield commission and retired after 22 years of service to his new country. Along the way, he became a citizen, graduated from college and learned to assimilate into a new culture. He lives in the South Carolina Lowcountry where he writes a weekly column for the local daily newspaper. He is a Master Gardener and award-winning actor and director in Community Theater.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595424996
ISBN 13 
9780595424993
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
284
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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