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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Carrie and the apple pie Carrie and the apple pie Nelda Johnson Liebig In the aftermath of the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871, thirteen-year-old Carrie and her little brother Fritz are taken in by a wealthy couple in nearby Oconto, Wisconsin, and start life anew with the h… OL14866181W
Garden of Beasts Garden of Beasts Jeffery Deaver German-American Paul Schumann is a brilliant mobster hitman who gets caught and is offered a deal: hunt down and kill Reinhardt Ernst, the ruthless architect of Hitler's clandestine rearmament or fac… OL14927379W
A Bond Never Broken (Book 3 Daughters of Amana) A Bond Never Broken (Book 3 Daughters of Amana) Judith Miller For many years, Ilsa Redlich has helped her parents run a hotel in South Amana, but as the United States enters the Great War, she can feel her world changing. The residents of the towns surrounding … OL15521694W
Maria takes a stand Maria takes a stand Norma Jean Lutz In 1914, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the war in Europe increases general hostility towards German Americans, twelve-year-old Maria Schmidt finds inspiration in the women's suffrage movement and dec… OL16071116W
Wait until spring Wait until spring Anne E. Schraff Sixteen-year-old Amelia Kintz misses her snug little house in Germany after her family moves to a dirty shanty in an Ohio immigrant settlement in 1855. OL1742746W
Elisabeth and the windmill Elisabeth and the windmill Esther Bender Elizabeth, sixteen-year-old granddaughter of German immigrants, is torn between two indentured servants from Germany, mischievous Hannes, who is teaching her to read, and serious kind Milo. OL1885978W
Eagle in the New World Eagle in the New World Richard Spuler Discusses the German emigration from the homeland to the settlement in the Texas Hill country. OL19184054W
The Great War The Great War Norma Jean Lutz America has entered the Great War, and life is changing. Carl struggles to raise a Victory Garden in their backyard, while Edie tries to fix meatless meals and bake breads using less flour. Other cha… OL19566969W
Double agent Double agent Peter Duffy An account of a virtually unknown pre-World War II counterespionage operation describes how naturalized German-American agent William G. Sebold became the FBI's first double agent and was a pivotal f… OL19984005W
Special relationships Special relationships John A. Ziegler "Since difficult ideas are best understood when they wear a human face, in these six stories the main characters personify several 'isms' the author has written and taught about during his academic c… OL23416959W
Mulligan's brigade Mulligan's brigade Thomas E. Reimer U.S. Civil War, bloody battles, and the life of Lincoln as seen by Chicagoans and Mulligan's Irish Brigade. OL28953585W
The two brothers The two brothers William Jaspersohn Heinrich and Friedrich, two brothers in Prussia in the 1880s, travel separately to America and end up working on adjacent farms in Vermont. OL2938332W
How They Came How They Came Anita M. Mallinckrodt Illusive. OL3109465W
Hattie and the wild waves Hattie and the wild waves Barbara Cooney A young girl from Brooklyn, New York enjoys her summer at the beach where she can paint and listen to the wild waves. OL3244571W
German Americans German Americans C. Ann Fitterer Brief introduction to German Americans, their reasons for immigrating to the United States, customs and traditions, and their impact on American society. OL6209206W