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Vanished by the Danube : peace, war, revolution, and flight to the West / Charles Farkas ; introduction by Margaret McMullan

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Farkas, Charles, 1925-
Published
Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
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1 online resource : illustrations
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English.
Contents
Vanished by the Danube: Peace, War, Revolution, and Flight to the West; Contents; Prologue; Introduction; Chapter 1: Social Life in the Budapest Cafés in the 1920s and the Farkas Family Line; Chapter 2: Strange Happenings; Chapter 3: Jaunts into the Countryside; Chapter 4: Malvina Tarnóczy; Chapter 5: The Vineyard at Veresegyház; Chapter 6: The Tragic Death of Henry O'Donnell; Chapter 7: The World of Grandmother Eveline; Chapter 8: The World of the Vicziáns; Chapter 9: The World of the Child and the Servants; Chapter 10: Uncle Rory and My Father Make a Deal., Chapter 11: New Dwellers in the Old Manor HouseChapter 12: My School Life; Chapter 13: Gyuri Sághy Appears on the Scene; Chapter 14: Romantic Encounters; Chapter 15: Magnolias in the Moonlight and September in the Rain; Chapter 16: My First Visit to the Gunda Farm; Chapter 17: Champion du Mond; Chapter 18: Illusion, Emotions, and the Coming of the Whirlwind; Chapter 19: The Last Summer before the Siege; Chapter 20: Hitler Occupies Hungary-Manhunt; Chapter 21: In Transylvania; Chapter 22: Homeward Bound; Chapter 23: Autumn in the Vineyard., Chapter 24: October 15, 1944-The Arrow Cross Grabs PowerChapter 25: Reminiscences; Chapter 26: The Siege of Budapest and the End of Nazism; Chapter 27: Vanished by the Danube; Chapter 28: Home Again in the Old Manor House; Chapter 29: "In the Meantime, Back at the Ranch . . ." and Our Daily Russian "Visitors"; Chapter 30: Exploring Our Newfound Domain; Chapter 31: Working the Land; Chapter 32: Farewell to Logodi Street; Chapter 33: Settling Down at the Old Homestead and a New Year's Party; Chapter 34: An Adventure in the Life of Szabolcs; Chapter 35: Moonshining in the Moonlight., Chapter 36: A Garden in the RainChapter 37: A Phony Peace (1946-1947); Chapter 38: Blue Skies Smiling at Us; Chapter 39: The Fall of the House of Roediger; Chapter 40: Liquidation of the Kulaks; Chapter 41: Searches at the Ranch and Another Dreadful Year; Chapter 42: The Red Army Wants Me; Chapter 43: My Move to Buda; Chapter 44: Haven for the Shipwrecked at the Old Manor House; Chapter 45: Workers Unite!; Chapter 46: A Budding Romance; Chapter 47: My Life as a Rickshaw Man; Chapter 48: Clouds on the Horizon; Chapter 49: Revolutionaries Pull Down the Stalin Statue. Siege of the Studio., and Chapter 50: Escape to the WestChapter 51: Journey to the New World on the U.S.N.S. Marine Carp; Epilogue; Acknowledgments.
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9781461943648 (electronic bk.)
1461943647 (electronic bk.)
9781438447599 (e-book)
1438447590 (e-book)
1438447574
9781438447575
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