Coming to Colorado - A Young Immigrant's Journey to Become an American Flyer

Informationen zum Autor Wolfgang W. E. Samuel , Colonel, US Air Force (Ret.), was born in Germany in 1935 and immigrated to the United States in 1951 at age sixteen with an eighth-grade education and no English-language skills. Upon graduation from the University of Colorado, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force, then flew over one hundred strategic reconnaissance missions against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. His first book German Boy: A Refugee's Story garnered favorable reviews from the New York Times and numerous other outlets. He is author of eight books published by University Press of Mississippi. Klappentext An inspiring sequel to the acclaimed memoir German Boy: A Refugee's Story! this book follows Samuel's life from his years as a teenage German refugee to America where he eventually became a U.S. Air Force colonel.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang Samuel, Wolfgang W E Samuel, Wolfgang W. E. Samuel
• Publisher: University press of mississipp
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2006
• EAN: 9781578069026
• ISBN: 978-1-57806-902-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Willie Morris Books in Memoir; Willie Morris Books in Memoir; Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration