How I became an American
By: by Karin Gündisch ; translated from the German by James Skofield.
Publisher: Cricket Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.; German Americans -- Juvenile fiction.; Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.; Youngstown (Ohio) -- Juvenile fiction.; Transylvania (Romania) -- Juvenile fiction.; Romania -- Juvenile fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Work titles: Paradies liegt in Amerika.
Description: In 1902, ten-year-old Johann and his family, Germans who had been living in Austria-Hungary, board a ship to immigrate to Youngstown, Ohio, where they make a new life as Americans.