Tatra Highlander Folk Culture in Poland and America
A sentimental and illuminating collection of insights about a unique mountain region of Poland which pulsates with invigorating mountain air, native patriotism, regional culture, distinctive traditions, and physical beauty characteristic both of its landscape and of its people. Engaging to read, educational to absorb, it is the product of genuine scholarship and personal affection on the part of its author, a distinguished Polish Ameridan educator with deep family roots in the Tatra highlands. --Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor under President Carter. Counselor, Center of Strategic and International Studies.There are many reasons to read this book. Part family memoir, part the story of a diasporic community, and part a history of USA and Polish relations.Tatra Highlander Folk Culture in Poland and America, is first and foremost a story about human struggles and triumphs. Drawing from sixty-five years of the quarterly , The Tatra Eagle, this book is a singular accomplishment that captures the story of the gorale, the people from the Polish Tatra Mountains, the beautiful alpine region in the south of Poland on the border with Slovakia. I personally have found the book to be an invaluable source of information about Central Europe and ultimately about the many diasporic communities that are so vital to the USA. This collection in a single volume of Gromada's best articles is a real treasure. --Timothy J. Cooley, Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Santa Barbara