Making of an American (eBook)

The Autobiography of a Hungarian Immigrant, Appalachian Entrepreneur, and OSS Officer

Martin Himler (Autor)

Cathy Cassady Corbin (Herausgeber)

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2024 | 1
330 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-452-6 (ISBN)

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Martin Himler emigrated from Hungary to America in 1907, and he arrived in New York City with no money and no plan other than to find work. From these impoverished beginnings, Himler persevered to become a self-made new American. As a coal mining entrepreneur, he established the Himler Coal Companya bold experiment in a worker-owned minefounded the small town of Himlerville, Kentuckya town almost completely populated by Hungarian immigrantsand founded and edited a weekly newspaper, the Magyar Bnyszlap (Hungarian Miners' Journal). During WWII, Himler was called by the United States government to work for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Colonel Himler arrested more than 300 Nazi war criminals and interrogated 40 himself. Himler's autobiography tells in Himler's own words his life story as it evolves into the American dream, wherein hard work results in success. Himler captivates readers from his earliest memories of his childhood in Hungary to his experiences with the OSS. Following Himler's death, the manuscript of the autobiography was passed down among Himler family members and then donated to the Martin County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inez, Kentucky, in 2007. Editor Cathy Cassady Corbin's annotations enhance Himler's words, while the introduction by scholar Doug Cantrell provides historical context for Himler's migration to Appalachia. Finally, Charles Fenyvesi's foreword analyzes Himler's courageous OSS work.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.1.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Appalachian Echoes Non-Fiction
• Einführung: Doug Cantrell
• Vorwort: CHARLES FENYVESI
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: American Dream immigrant stories • Appalachia Hungarian communities • Appalachian immigration stories • Appalachian Studies • Cathy Cassady Corbin editor • Charles Fenyvesi foreword • coal mining industry history • Doug Cantrell historian • Himler Coal Company history • Himler Coal Company worker experiment • Himler Hungarian legacy • Himlerville Kentucky Hungarian immigrants • Hungarian-American achievements • Hungarian-American entrepreneur • Hungarian migration to Appalachia • Hungarian Miners’ Journal founder • Inez Kentucky history • Magyar Bányászlap publication • Martin County Historical Society archives • Martin Himler autobiography • Martin Himler biography • Office of Strategic Services WWII • OSS Nazi war criminals • OSS WWII interrogation accounts • self-made American immigrant stories • worker-owned coal mine history
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-452-0 / 1621904520
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-452-6 / 9781621904526