Four Germanys: A Chronicle of the Schorcht Family

by Donald S. Pitkin

Book Overview

In this last book by the late Donald Pitkin, author of The House that Giacomo Built, comes a story of the Schorcht family, through whose fortunes and struggles one can see the transformations of Germany through the long twentieth century.

Each chapter of Four Germanys is reflective of generational rather than historical time. In 1922, Edwin Schorcht inherited his family farm, and in Part One, Pitkin traces the derivation of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439913439
• ISBN13: 9781439913437
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"