They Have Conquered: Part Two: 2 - Softcover

WIENS, HERBERT

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798987879634

Publisher: H.P. Waterhouse Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

As the second book in the series, THEY HAVE CONQUERED PART TWO picks up in 1922 and follows Gerhardt and the majority of his extended family who have immigrated to North America. His sister, Helena, and sister-in-law, Aganeta, remain in Soviet occupied Ukraine. While Gerhardt's family continues to grow and learn the American way, Aganeta and Helena endure Holodomor, WWII, Siberian exile, and post war Displaced Persons camps.

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About the Author

Herbert Wiens is the grandson of the two volume "They Have Conquered" lead character, Gerhardt. Having been raised around these heroic people, he knows intimately the stoicism and macabre gallows sense of humor this generation needed to survive. Born into a large blue collar family, Herbert Wiens was raised to value the rewards gained from hard work. Starting the summer after first grade, he tagged along with his older sisters as they boarded the "Bean Bus" at dawn to pick berries and string beans in Oregon's Willamette Valley. From then on, he never failed to have an after (or before) school job to help with family expenses. In high school, he started working on North Idaho ranches. In college, he fought forest fires in the summer and started working nights in a sawmill to pay tuition. His college experience was interrupted by a non-negotiable invitation from Uncle Sam, requesting his presence for the next few years in an all expenses paid, Vietnam era, tour of the world. Upon discharge, not having anything else better to do until he decided upon a future, he returned to the sawmill. Life got in the way for the next twenty years. Then, he became a small businessman for the next twenty. Now, he is spending his time using a keyboard to torture editors.

Edition details

• Publisher: H.P. Waterhouse Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798987879634
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270