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It is 1904. When Frederick and Jette must flee her disapproving mother, where better to go than America, the land of the new? Originally set to board a boat to New York, at the last minute, they take one destined for New Orleans instead ("What’s the difference? They’re both new"), and later... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mr. Frederick Meisenheimer: Add a description of this character.
- Jette Meisenheimer
- Joseph Meisenheimer
- Aunt Rosa
- Cora Leftkemeyer
- Freddy Meisenheimer
- James Meisenheimer
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Theodore Meisenheimer
- James Lomax
- Johann Kliever
- Stefan Kliever
- Anna Kliever
- Mr. Jim
- Walford Scott
- Mr. Childs
- Darla Weldfarben
- Rita
- Brigitte Furst
- Ronald Reagan
- David Kliever
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Heidi Schlatt
- Andreas
- Bucky Rohrbacker
- Elias Furst
- Claudine Meisenheimer
- Hershel Weldfarben
- Miriam Imhoff
- Reverend Gresham
- Samson
- William Henry Harris
- Joseph Wall
- Minnie Rohrbacker
- Nancy Ott
- Riva Bloomberg
- Todd
- Magnus Kellerman
- James McCready
- Reina Wall
- Mathias Becker
- Kevin Kinney
- Lotte Heimstetter
- Thomas
- Ellie
- Mrs. Knuckles
- Bertie Wooster
- Oscar Niedermeyer
- Reverend Kellerman
- Bobby Fischer
- Billy Florscheim
- Rankin Fitch
- Martin Leftkemeyer
- Eugene Jurgenschlitter
- Nathaniel Eitzen
- Julie Tippet
- Harry Truman
- Maggie
- Buddy Bolden
- Peter Kropp
- Magda Applequist
- Morrie Knuckles
- Daniel Jinks
- Margaret Fitch
- Hope McClary
- Woodrow Wilson
- Louis Armstrong
- Adeline
- Loretta Heismoth
Quotes edit
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“We are all immigrants, a glorious confection of races and beliefs, united by the rock that we live on. As the years wash over us and new generations march into the future, family histories are subsumed into this great narrative. We become, simply, Americans. (pages 371-372)”
James Meisenheimer
First Sentence edit
Always, there was music.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters One through Forty-Seven
Coda
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This book is in 2012 Published Books. (community list)
This is book 7 of 10 in Amazon.com Best Books of February (2012). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alex George (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books, G. P. Putnam's Sons, a member of the Penguin Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-0-399-15759-2
Page Count: 389
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books, G. P. Putnam's Sons, a member of the Penguin Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-0-399-15759-2
Page Count: 389
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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