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The neighborhood's scariest woman The neighborhood's scariest woman Jerry B. Jenkins While spying on a strange, old woman with an unknown past, Toby Andrews and the Kalamazoo County Junior Deputies learn things about her which are more fascinating than any rumor. OL108012W
Rosa Rosa Ann Fears Crawford Recounts the life of Rosa Kleberg, a German woman living on the Texas frontier during the Texas Revolution and the years following. OL108120W
German Presbyterianism in the upper Mississippi valley German Presbyterianism in the upper Mississippi valley Harry Clifford Fox l8l pages ; 21 cm OL11920156W
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
The German element of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia The German element of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia Wayland, John Walter History of shennandoah valley with emphasis on Rockingham County. Well anodated with footnotes of sources. Easy to read. Great for local history and genealogy research. OL161119W
Operation paperclip Operation paperclip Annie Jacobsen In the chaos following World War II, the U.S. government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-ind… OL16813636W
A good American A good American Alex George The Meisenheimer family struggles to find their place among the colorful residents of their new American hometown, including a giant teenage boy, a pretty schoolteacher whose lessons consist of more … OL17272347W
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
Beer and Revolution Beer and Revolution Tom Goyens *Beer and Revolution* examines the rollicking life and times of German immigrant anarchists in New York City from 1880 to 1914. Offering a new approach to an often misunderstood political movement, T… OL17749582W
Horrors of history Horrors of history T. Neill Anderson Young Frank, his father, and the families of all the Colorado miners on strike in the Ludlow tent colony are uncertain of their fate when the camp's guards attack during the Ludlow Massacre of 1914. OL17904194W
Fear itself Fear itself Andrew Rosenheim In the tense and uncertain years before the Second World War, Jimmy Nessheim, a young Special Agent in the fledgling FBI, is assigned to infiltrate a new pro-Nazi German-American organization known a… OL17919016W
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
Two Germans in the Civil War Two Germans in the Civil War Joseph R. Reinhart xxxvii, 243 p. : 24 cm OL19159051W
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
Die deutschen Anarchisten von Chicago Die deutschen Anarchisten von Chicago Friederike Hausmann Mit der Bombe auf dem Haymarket explodierten die Widersprüche der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Entwicklung der USA im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert. Friederike Hausmann beschreibt, wie es dazu kam – u… OL2269770W
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
The long way home The long way home Margot Benary-Isbert "You must go now, Chris. It will be only days before the Peoples' Police discover who you are!" When war orphan Chris narrowly escapes arrest by the Communists, his Aunt Sabine knows the time has c… OL2774474W
Constructing a legacy Constructing a legacy William B. Friedricks What started with a single man seeking opportunity in the new capital city of Des Moines, eventually grew into one of the largest construction firms in the country. Through its 160 year history and f… OL28172466W
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