Stepping into Rural Wisconsin: Grandpa Charly's Life Vignettes, from Prussia to the Midwest - Softcover

Kuehn, Edward J.; Ruggeri, Linda T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999278002 ISBN 13: 9780999278000

Publisher: Linda Ruggeri, 2017

Synopsis

This historical memoir reveals the life of Carl Kuehn and Hulda Bandt, first generation Americans, who lived in rural Wisconsin during the late 1800s and early 1900s. There are many narratives about European immigrants that came to the US in the 1800s, but few talk about the families that arrived from Prussia. This recollection entertains, educates, and informs readers with fascinating historical details, how life was lived in the early 1900s in rural Wisconsin.Edward Kuehn and Linda Ruggeri put together the puzzle of Ed's Midwest American family to form a solid picture of his grandparents, taking the reader on a journey through their life, in early 20th-century America. We identify with the story because of the similarities with our own immigration ancestry. Through a series of vignettes we learn about the beauty, difficulty and simplicity of rural family life, all placed within the historical context of the times.

About this title

About the Author:

Edward J. Kuehn is the grandson of Charly Kuehn, on whom the book is based. Ed was born and grew up in Ripon, Wisconsin. After completing high school, he enlisted in the Army and served three years on active duty, completing his six year military obligation in the Wisconsin National Guard. After service, he decided to take advantage of the GI Bill and earned a college degree and pursued a teaching career. The college years kindled Ed's curiosity for writing, and his lifelong dream to know more about his grandparents. Ed currently lives in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Linda T. Ruggeri is the former Executive Director of the Green Lake Country Visitors Bureau, and has worked closely with twelve rural Wisconsin Historical Societies/ Museums successfully promoting Heritage Tourism in Rural Wisconsin. Linda is writer and editor, with a Communication and Fine Arts degree from Loyola Marymount University, and currently resides in Los Angeles. More of her work can be found at www.theinsightfuleditor.com

Review:

Kirkus Reviews

“Debut author Kuehn collaborates with debut co-author Ruggeri to pen a tribute to his paternal grandparents in this look back at Wisconsin farm life during the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries... The result is this celebration of the “dignified, quiet, and unassuming lives” led by the simple, hardworking folk who populated rural Wisconsin”

Jerry Apps

“Edward Kuehn, with Linda Ruggeri, writes a delightful story about his grandfather Charly Kuehn. With careful genealogical and extensive additional research, they show the reader what it was like living in rural central Wisconsin in the late 1800s and early 1900s” - Jerry Apps, rural historian and author of “Every Farm Tells a Story” and “Cold as Thunder.”

About this edition

• Publisher: Linda Ruggeri
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0999278002
• ISBN 13: 9780999278000
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 154