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The California Immigrant (Monterey Bay #1)

Barbara Anne King

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Description:An enthralling historical fiction novel chronicling the events of World War II as experienced in one American small town. Martin Petrovich, a young man seeking a better life, immigrates from Dubrovnik to San Francisco at the turn of the century. In just two years, he is on the verge of achieving the American Dream when disaster strikes. The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake forces him to flee and start over again even while his heart is breaking over the death of his beloved girlfriend. Martin rebuilds his life in a small farming community set on the Monterey Bay, populated with ethnically diverse characters--Croatians, Mexicans and Japanese. But unlike Yugoslavia which had bitter ethnic divides, farming brings the people together in a spirit of cooperation and often friendship. When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor everything changes. Martin once again finds himself in a place where racial hatred in all its ugly guises runs amok. As the government turns the town’s airport into a Naval facility, conscripts his sons, and begins moving Japanese to internment camps, Martin’s forced to make a decision. Should he help a Japanese friend and risk the backlash of his neighbors? Or should he take the safer path of least resistance? Whatever the decision, it will lead to his destiny and forever shape his American Dream.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The California Immigrant (Monterey Bay #1). To get started finding The California Immigrant (Monterey Bay #1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: An enthralling historical fiction novel chronicling the events of World War II as experienced in one American small town. Martin Petrovich, a young man seeking a better life, immigrates from Dubrovnik to San Francisco at the turn of the century. In just two years, he is on the verge of achieving the American Dream when disaster strikes. The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake forces him to flee and start over again even while his heart is breaking over the death of his beloved girlfriend. Martin rebuilds his life in a small farming community set on the Monterey Bay, populated with ethnically diverse characters--Croatians, Mexicans and Japanese. But unlike Yugoslavia which had bitter ethnic divides, farming brings the people together in a spirit of cooperation and often friendship. When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor everything changes. Martin once again finds himself in a place where racial hatred in all its ugly guises runs amok. As the government turns the town’s airport into a Naval facility, conscripts his sons, and begins moving Japanese to internment camps, Martin’s forced to make a decision. Should he help a Japanese friend and risk the backlash of his neighbors? Or should he take the safer path of least resistance? Whatever the decision, it will lead to his destiny and forever shape his American Dream.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The California Immigrant (Monterey Bay #1). To get started finding The California Immigrant (Monterey Bay #1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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