Carry me across the water

By Ethan Canin

Subjects: World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Beer industry, Immigrants, Fiction, historical, general, Jews, fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Pittsburgh (pa.), fiction, Fiction, Fiction, psychological, Jewish men

Description: "August Kleinman is told by his mother to "take the advice of no one" as the Nazi party rises to power around them in Hamburg. With these words to guide him, young August escapes to America, where he goes onto build a fortune, a family, and a life on his own terms." -- Jacket.