Download or read book From Moravia to Texas written by Sam Kopecky and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the early 20th century steadily recedes into the distant past, many details of daily life during that American pre-depression period fade to an increasingly abstract perspective, void of the feeling brought to life in this loving couple’s extensive and valuable correspondence. This is a rare first-hand account of the stress and hardships of a country nurse, and country doctor and WWI veteran, from humble origins. There is also a vivid portrayal of organized nursing at its infancy in rural communities, and the uncertain and difficult circumstances of establishing a country practice for practitioners of the Hippocratic Oath—as opposed to their big city brethren—and their transition from horse-and-buggy to Henry Ford’s first automobiles. The imagination of 21st century readers is revived with glimpses of rural life, family relations and varied problems in turn-of-the-century Texas, where disease and sudden death stalked young and old, as in all the ‘frontier’ states of the pre-WWI south western United States. Along with the moving emotions expressed through its characters, this correspondence is sure to awaken in readers, an understanding of just how much is taken for granted today and to what extent the values of the pre-depression generations have eroded.
Download or read book From Moravia to Texas written by Sam Kopecky and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the early 20th century steadily recedes into the distant past, many details of daily life during that American pre-depression period fade to an increasingly abstract perspective, void of the feeling brought to life in this loving couple's extensive and valuable correspondence. The minute details of everyday life become more important as the distance in decades between their readers and the correspondence, increases. This is a rare first-hand account of the stress and hardships of a country nurse, and country doctor and WWI veteran, from humble origins. With the advent of WWI, there is also the beginning of the 'medical corps' in General "Black Jack" Pershing's notional army, which later became a permanent institution in the federalized U.S.A. army in WWII. Before this time, organized medical and nursing services were almost completely lacking, with tragic consequences in the American war between the States, only 60 years before Joe and Golda's correspondence. This was a condition said not to have been resolved until the conclusion of Roosevelt's 'New Deal' of the 1930's-early 40's and the demands of WWII, that the great advances in medicine and nursing care achieved in the hospitals of the north eastern United States, had finally reached all corners of this country.
Download or read book From Moravia to Texas written by Sam Kopecky and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the early 20th century steadily recedes into the distant past, many details of daily life during that American pre-depression period fade to an increasingly abstract perspective, void of the feeling brought to life in this loving couple's extensive and valuable correspondence. This is a rare first-hand account of the stress and hardships of a country nurse, and country doctor and WWI veteran, from humble origins. There is also a vivid portrayal of organized nursing at its infancy in rural communities, and the uncertain and difficult circumstances of establishing a country practice for practitioners of the Hippocratic Oath--as opposed to their big city brethren--and their transition from horse-and-buggy to Henry Ford's first automobiles. The imagination of 21st century readers is revived with glimpses of rural life, family relations and varied problems in turn-of-the-century Texas, where disease and sudden death stalked young and old, as in all the 'frontier' states of the pre-WWI south western United States. Along with the moving emotions expressed through its characters, this correspondence is sure to awaken in readers, an understanding of just how much is taken for granted today and to what extent the values of the pre-depression generations have eroded.
Download or read book Journeys Into Czech Moravian Texas written by Sean N. Gallup and published by TAMU Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author honors the multicultural richness of rural America by revealing a rich and still-flourishing culture that is relatively unknown. Through a combination of more than one hundred poignant photographs and detailed captions, he gives visual evidence of the traditional connections and variety of contemporary Texas-Czech life and culture. He also shows the power of ethnic belonging as well as the forces of Texas-Czech cultural decline and rejuvenation.
Download or read book Emigration from Moravia to America 1855 1918 The area of Vset n written by Josef Šimíček and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perilous Voyages written by Lawrence H. Konecny and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes William Gilliam Kingsbury's 1877 pamphlet: A description of south-western and middle Texas (United States)
Download or read book Emigration from Moravia to America 1855 1918 The area of Fr dek M stek written by Josef Šimíček and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Czech Moravian Catholic Communities of Texas written by V. A. Svrcek and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Czech settlements in Texas.
Download or read book Emigration from Moravia to America 1855 1918 The area of Zl n written by Josef Šimíček and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Database Emigrants from the Southeastern Moravia Particularly from Z dver ice and Its Surrounding Area to Texas 1850 1915 written by Jan Mikeska and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Free Again written by Donald D. Naiser and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Free Again Many Eastern European families sought a new life of freedom in America during the mid nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were merely chattel to tyrannical kings and their crony landlords of the time. This oppressive form of government and the inspiration of their freedom fighting patron saint, St. John Nepomucene, drove one family to seek freedom in a faraway land known as Texas. Their quest for freedom and an innate appetite for adventure led to a strange but fortunate encounter with slavery and the slave trade in America, and on the African continent. Their ethereal encounter with one special slave blossomed into a beautiful story of collaboration for survival, success and liberation for themselves and thousands of other people. This book depicts the decisive reaction to the slow erosion of freedom that comes from an overbearing government. Increasing taxation, deprivation of rights, imposition of ideas and the dilution, and destruction of religion finally caused even peace-loving people to rise up to protect what they held dear. In addition to the political and societal undercurrents of this book, there is also a description of the everyday activities of life on the Texas prairie. Scenes of young romance, cotton picking, well digging, hog butchering, wedding celebrations, prayer, music, childbirth, and self-defense are colorfully depicted. The book is fiction, but brings together events and stories of many families who immigrated into Texas to settle the rural areas of Wharton, Fayette, Lavaca and Gonzales Counties in the latter half of the nineteenth century. A section of the book contains tall tales and legends which were a major source of entertainment prior to the advent of radio, TV or the cinema. The book storyline is seasoned with vintage photos and the author's own artistic illustrations. A bonus feature tops the book off with an appendix titled: "Cuisine on the Prairie," which contains recipes used on "hog butchering day." With this book the author wishes to pass on to future generations the satisfaction and joy which can be found in hard work and standing up for what is right for themselves and others. The Author Donald D. (Donnie) Naiser was born in 1942, in El Campo, Texas about ten miles South of Taiton, and has lived in Texas all his life. He has a B.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering from Texas A&M University and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. In 1958, Naiser purchased a used, one row, cotton-picking machine using money earned from 4-H Club projects. At the time, the machine was his pride and joy, and replaced the pick sack with which he was well acquainted. The money earned from harvesting his neighbors' cotton helped him pay for college expenses.
Download or read book Kr sn Amerika written by Clinton Machann and published by Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum. This book was released on 1983 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Depression written by Avery Elizabeth Hurt and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the effects of World War I was prosperity in the United States in the 1920s. However, by the end of that decade, the US plummeted into a severe depression. The Great Depression inspired events and sentiments that would be carried into the next great conflict, World War II. This book examines the causes and effects of the Great Depression, key players during the era, and what implications this era of history had on events and conflicts in future generations.
Download or read book American Immigrant written by Rosalie Porter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigration is one of the most contentious issues in twenty-first-century America. In forty years, the American population has doubled from 150 to 300 million, about half of the increase due to immigration. Discussions involving legal and illegal status, assimilation or separatism, and language unity or multilingualism continue to spark debate. The battle to give five million immigrant children America's common language, English, and to help these students join their English-speaking classmates in opportunities for self-fulfillment continues to be argued. American Immigrant is part memoir and part account of Rosalie Pedalino Porter's professional activities as a national authority on immigrant education and bilingualism.Her career began in the 1970s, when she entered the most controversial arena in public education, bilingualism. This book chronicles the political movement Porter helped lead, one that succeeded in changing state laws in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts. Programs that had segregated Latino children by language and ethnicity for years, diminishing their educational opportunities, were removed with overwhelming public support. New English-language programs in these states are reporting improved academic achievement for these students.This book is also Porter's testament to the boundless opportunities for women in the United States, and to the unique blending of ethnicities and religions and races into harmonious families, her own included, that continues to be a true strength of the United States Porter examines women's roles, beginning in the 1940s and continuing through the millennium, from the vantage point of someone who grew up in a working-class, male-dominated family. She explores the emotional price exacted by dislocation from one's native land and traditions; traveling and living in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia; and the evolving character of marriage and family in twenty-first-century America.
Download or read book History of Moravia Community Lavaca County Texas written by and published by . This book was released on 1996* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Czech Voices written by Clinton Machann and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 39." Early Czech immigrants in Texas.
