'Children of the Bund' introduces us to the Wagner family, German
immigrants to the United States right after World War I. Carl and
Leona tried to raise their family the best they could, but their
children needed discipline the parents were unable to provide. The
children were introduced first to the 'Free Society of Teutonia', a
pro-German group that had open ties with the Nazi movement. After a
few years, this group was supplanted by the German-American Bund,
an umbrella group that had secret ties to the Nazi government but
from the outside appeared to be pro-American. Perverting young
minds in summer camps through a pro-Nazi curriculum and
militaristic drilling, young Carl Jr. and his peers were Nazified.
The control of their minds was completed with the opening of a
school which finished the Nazification process, teaching the
virtues of a pro-Nazi lifestyle. Young Carl Jr. is a finished Nazi
product by the time he attends the German-American rally held at
the Madison Square Garden, February 22nd, 1940. There he pledges
his allegiance to Adolf Hitler and makes contact with Fritz Kuhn,
the leader of the Bund. Any chance at him not joining the German
Army is dashed when his fiance is killed returning home from the
Bund rally. He leaves home and travels to New York, where he signs
up to travel to Germany. Once in Germany, he joins the German Army
and applies for, and is accepted, in the Luftwaffe as a pilot. In
'Flight of the Jackal', Carl faces the rigors not only of
acceptance by the Germans, but also a group of German-American
pilots he eventually winds up with. It becomes complicated for Carl
when he becomes second in command for a secret mission. When the
mission is exposed as an attack on Washington D.C. the day after
the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, with the intent to kill President
Roosevelt, his inner-conscious begins to speak to him. His doubts
about total betrayal to his birth country nag him, even though he
continues his training for the mission. Arriving at a secret
airbase in Oklahoma, on an Indian reservation, Carl is introduced
to a beautiful Indian maiden, who becomes his final chance for
redemption. Facing his inner demons and the love he has for her,
Yearling Fawn, Carl is driven to have the most serious doubts about
his decisions in life. The fate of the world might rest on the
final decision he makes."
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2013 |
First published: |
December 2013 |
Authors: |
Steven D Forrester
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
298 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4943-8181-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
War fiction >
General
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LSN: |
1-4943-8181-8 |
Barcode: |
9781494381813 |
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