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Where the clouds meet the water
- Title
- Where the clouds meet the water / Kimberly E. Contag and James A. Grabowska.
- Author
- Contag, Kimberly E. (Kimberly Elizabeth), 1958-
- Publication
- Portland, OR : Inkwater Press, [2004]
- ©2004
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | CT716 .C66 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Grabowska, James A.
- Description
- xvii, 427 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- The journey of a German Ecuadorian widower, Ernst Contag, and his four young children from their home in South America to Nazi Germany in 1942. Blacklisted as an enemy alien, Contag and his children were forcibly repatriated to the country of his grandparents' birth as part of a diplomatic exchange arranged by the United States State Department and cooperating countries. Denying their Ecuadorian citizenship, they had to learn to navigate an ever-shifting horizon as they faced internment, separation, hunger, and hopelessness in Germany and France, then hostility when they eventually returned to their Andean homeland.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Nonfiction novel.
- Biographical fiction.
- History.
- Note
- "Based on historical research conducted in libraries and archives on three continents, interviews with survivors of the Ecuadorian blacklist, personal records and official documents submitted to the authors by survivors and their families"--Page 4 of cover.
- Written in "narrative history" or "creative nonfiction" style.
- Authors' Web page posts illustrations and explanatory text from the book.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Countdown from freedom's mount -- Life on the Pichincha -- All aboard at Chimbacalle Station -- Journey on the horizon -- Repatriation sail -- Blood and honor -- Air raid! -- Re'fugi'e politique -- Letters from eighth and 51 St -- Fog in the Quitus Valley.
- ISBN
- 1592990738
- 9781592990733
- OCLC
- ocm57074401
- 57074401
- SCSB-14522898
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library