The Outer Edge of the Wave
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: June 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781412070300
Subjects: Historical fiction; Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Historical - General; Trafford,Publishing,trafford,The Outer Edge of the Wave,Eric Mueller,1-4120-7030-9,05-1941,1412070309,051941,German settlers in Russia quit their farms after three generations and move to America.; Fiction / Historical
First sentence: It was on October 14 of the year 1762 that the new Empress of Russia, Catherine II, in a famous Edict, called a "ukase", directed her Imperial Senate to facilitate the immigration of settlers from western Europe so that the vast expenses of the underpopulated south of her empire could be colonized.