Name: The Making of an American: The Autobiography of a Hungarian Immigrant, Appalachian Entrepreneur, and oss Officer (Appalachian Echoes Non-Fiction) (en Inglés)
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Author: Martin Himler
ISBN: 9781621904519

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The Making of an American: The Autobiography of a Hungarian Immigrant, Appalachian Entrepreneur, and oss Officer (Appalachian Echoes Non-Fiction) (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Editorial

University Of Tennessee Press

Autor

Martin Himler

Año

2018

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

277

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9781621904519

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The Making of an American: The Autobiography of a Hungarian Immigrant, Appalachian Entrepreneur, and oss Officer (Appalachian Echoes Non-Fiction) (en Inglés)

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Martin Himler emigrated from Hungary to America in 1907, and he arrived in New York City with no money and no plan other than to find work. From these impoverished beginnings, Himler persevered to become a self-made new American. As a coal mining entrepreneur, he established the Himler Coal Company-a bold experiment in a worker-owned mine-founded the small town of Himlerville, Kentucky-a town almost completely populated by Hungarian immigrants-and founded and edited a weekly newspaper, the Magyar Banyaszlap (Hungarian Miners' Journal). During WWII, Himler was called by the United States government to work for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Colonel Himler arrested more than 300 Nazi war criminals and interrogated 40 himself. Himler's autobiography tells in Himler's own words his life story as it evolves into the American dream, wherein hard work results in success. Himler captivates readers from his earliest memories of his childhood in Hungary to his experiences with the OSS. Following Himler's death, the manuscript of the autobiography was passed down among Himler family members and then donated to the Martin County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inez, Kentucky, in 2007. Editor Cathy Cassady Corbin's annotations enhance Himler's words, while the introduction by scholar Doug Cantrell provides historical context for Himler's migration to Appalachia. Finally, Charles Fenyvesi's foreword analyzes Himler's courageous OSS work.