This beautiful book, complete with 73 vintage photos, inspires the heart! It is the story of a twenty-year-old Polish immigrant, Karolina Franek Grabiec, her courageous 1913 journey to America, and her family's survival from bootlegging in the coal mines of West Virginia to living in Chicago and Arizona. The story begins with Karolina leaving her first-born child in Czechoslovakia temporarily, she thought, and describes her growing family's survival in the coal-mining town of Galloway, West Virginia. The story continues with their experiences of big-city life in Chicago during the Depression of the 1930s and life in the Arizona of the '40s and '50s. The story goes on to describe the inspirational life of one daughter, the author's mother, Helen, as a World War II bride, wife, mother, and opera star. While exercising faith through trials and tribulations, these women left a legacy of love and inspiration to new generations of spirited individuals. Families like Karolina's-with determination, faith, love, and hard work-helped make America a great nation. All ages can enjoy this family history and be uplifted by the optimistic spirit of Karolina and Helen.
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Personal experiences and photographs chronicle this family history. Past and present provide a rich legacy of love for the future. -- Bowker BookWire Review exerpt December 6, 2004
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Families like Karolina’s—with determination, faith, love, and hard work—helped make America a great nation. All ages can enjoy this family history and be uplifted by the optimistic spirit of Karolina and Helen.
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Incredible, how powerful love prevails.,
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The story of how a young woman made unusual decisions to change many generations to come. The creativity of the family working together, the sacrifices, and risk taken prove to explain how this single mother provides for 8 children. Without speaking English, and without formal education she manages to love her family into prosperity, spirituality and joy. This is an inspiration to anyone who feels overwhelmed with life today. This is an easy read, perfect for school children who need books which build character, and to think this is a true story!!
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Karolina Franek, my Polish grandmother, was born October 7, 1892, in Stare Mesto Frestat (now Karvina), Czechoslovakia, which is located near the Polish border in the western and more prosperous section of what is now known as the Czech Republic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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West Virginia, United States, World War, Grandma Karolina, Carole Jane, New York, Oak Creek, Uncle Joe, Aunt Frances, Aunt Agnes, Aunt Verna, Jimmie Lou, Uncle Frank, Union League Boys Club, World's Fair New!
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Karolina Franek, my Polish grandmother, was born October 7, 1892, in Stare Mesto Frestat (now Karvina), Czechoslovakia, which is located near the Polish border in the western and more prosperous section of what is now known as the Czech Republic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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West Virginia, United States, World War, Grandma Karolina, Carole Jane, New York, Oak Creek, Uncle Joe, Aunt Frances, Aunt Agnes, Aunt Verna, Jimmie Lou, Uncle Frank, Union League Boys Club, World's Fair New!
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- The Friend We Have in Jesus by Rudolf Schnackenburg on page 147
- New Moon (The Moon Series, Book 6) by Rebecca York in Back Matter
- The Ten Commandments by Thomas Watson on page 56
- Special Delivery (Care Bears) by Quinlan B. Lee on page 87
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