America Has Been Good To Me

About the Book

The intriguing story of a German immigrant's and his flight to America, the land of opportunity. As a youth growing up during Nazi Germany and the bitter aftermath, the author takes the reader through time as he endures the hardships of a devasted country and sets his course for the shores of America where opportunity abounded.

About the Author

Siegfried Paul Bette was born in Wuppertal, Germany, three years prior to the outbreak of World War II. After attending eight different schools because of the war, he completed the “Volkschule”. When he became a journeyman craftsman, he was given the chance to immigrate to America where he found opportunities he would have never imagined.