My Farm on the Mississippi is a delightful and informative memoir by the German writer Heinrich Hauser about his experiences while living in Perry County in southeast Missouri from 1945 to 1948. Born in Berlin in 1901, Hauser was an accomplished journalist and novelist who had published at least two dozen books by the time he fled Germany for the United States in 1939. In 1945, after an unsuccessful stint as a farmer in upper New York, a brief stay in Chicago, and the publication of three more books, Hauser purchased three hundred acres along the Mississippi near the little town of Wittenberg, Missouri (which succumbed to the Great Flood of 1993).Hauser, his wife, Rita, and his teenage son, Huc, spent their years in Missouri farming the land in an effort to raise produce to help feed war-torn Germany. Tackling their task with great energy and commitment, they encountered many of the same challenges that were faced by immigrants more than a century earlier. Through hope and determination, and occasional help from the locals, they managed to salvage the neglected fields and restore an old farmhouse to build what they considered a paradise. Of particular interest is Hauser's account of Huc learning to farm and hunt and his colorful descriptions of the characters that entered the Hausers' lives.Originally published in 1950 as Meine Farm am Mississippi upon Hauser's return to Germany, this book now serves as a historical geography that can be used to compare the landscapes of fifty years ago with those of the present. In addition, Hauser's remarkable ability to portray day-to-day life with detailed observations, along with his knack for sharing his sense of wonder at the natural surroundings, makes this work a great adventure story, as well as an important resource for Missouri folklore and for scholars pursuing local and American immigrant history.

My Farm on the Mississippi: The Story of a German in Missouri, 1945-1948 (Volume 1)

History

Hauser, Heinrich

Americas

University of Missouri

<p>Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, “Invasion from the Deep,” is written by long-time sci-fi author Paul W. Fairman. It’s about Tanko Darnell, a madman with an insatiable taste for cruelty and an all-consuming lust for power. He kidnapped his victims from all over the world. He spirited them away—across the sea to destinations unknown. Down to a strange world beneath the ocean’s depths. To a world once ruled by the ancient minions of Mu and Atlantis. His mad plan? To wreak havoc across the face of civilization, to utterly destroy it… And only a beautiful mermaid and a handful of misfits had any chance of stopping him! The second novel is Heinrich Hauser’s incredible tale of an out of control mechanical monstrosity, “The Brain.” No one imagined it possible, a giant machine capable of performing an enormous number of tasks and coordinating every technical facet of the military industrial complex—along with managing the everyday complexities of civilian life as well! It was truly a pinnacle moment in man’s eternal quest to conquer science. But as marvelous as it was, there was something horribly wrong with America’s new technological Adonis, known simply as “The Brain.” It began to think on its own; to reason on behalf of its own welfare; to view man not as his ally, but as his enemy—and eventually to lay plans of world conquest. And soon humanity’s most mighty scientific achievement became a harbinger of man’s impending doom!</p>

Invasion from the Deep & The Brain

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fairman,Paul W

Science Fiction

Armchair Fiction & Music

Fahrten Und Abenteuer Im Wohnwagen (German Edition)

Travel

Dolde Medien Verlag GmbH

Schwarzes Revier: Reportagen

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Weidle Verlag GmbH

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