Elizabeth Rosner
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Exploring the scientific contributions of Thomas Edison and Charles Proteus Steimetz in upstate New York at the confluence of the Hudson River and its tributary the Mohawk--and the fate of the same place in the mid-sixties--this is a "novel of America, of its great scientific ingenuity and its emotional ambition; one that frames the birth and evolution of its towns against the struggles of its indigenous tribes, the immigrant experience, a country...
Author
Language
English
Description
As firsthand survivors of many of the twentieth century's most monumental events, the Holocaust, Pearl Harbor, the Killing Fields, begin to pass away, Survivor Café addresses urgent questions: How do we carry those stories forward? How do we collectively ensure that the horrors of the past are not forgotten?
Elizabeth Rosner organizes her book around three trips with her father to Buchenwald concentration camp, in 1983, in 1995, and in 2015, each...