JOURNEY
A Novel of America
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Book Details
About the Book
The sprawling story of a Czech-American family's determined struggle and unforgettable odyssey from the hunger and hardship of Eastern Europe, across the cold and gray Atlantic in steerage, and on into America's growing cities and isolated farms.
The Novaks survive and grow through love and loss, peace and war, epidemic and Depression, in a wondrous new land far from home a young and raw America immersed in the restless throes of change.
JOURNEY is a great, new family saga of turmoil, heartbreak, and humor with characters as vivid and colorful as the rich American landscape of the last hundred years.
About the Author
The author was born and raised in Chicago. He and his wife now live in the small New Mexico village of Corrales. In addition to JOURNEY, he has written four novels and one non-fiction book.