A Long Year of Silence.A Long Year Of Silence Kathryn Adams Doty Kathryn Adams Doty (born Kathryn Elizabeth Hohn on July 15 1920 in New Ulm, Minnesota) is a retired American actress. She competed in the national finals of the Jesse L. Edinborough Press PO Box 13790, Roseville, MN 55113 1889020133 $14.95 1-651-415-1034 www.edinborough.com The personal world of 16-year old Emma Altenberg is turned upside down and inside out when the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. enters World War I and an anti-German hysteria hysteria (hĭstĕr`ēə), in psychology, a disorder commonly known today as conversion disorder, in which a psychological conflict is converted into a bodily disturbance. sweeps through New Ulm, Minnesota New Ulm is a city in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,594 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Brown County6. It is the location of a statue of Hermann the German. . The patriotic hysteria of war fanning anti-German prejudice disrupts the lives of friends and family. Emma finds herself struggling with the the changes taking place within her family and with her peers. Author Kathryn Adams Doty draws upon her personal history of having been born in New Ulm, Minnesota as the daughter of Anna and Christian Hohn (who was pastor of the German Methodist Church) to provide this outstanding and highly recommended novel with a true touch of authenticity based upon a neglected bit of 20th Century American midwestern history. |
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