Just Another Immigrant : The Reconstructed Biography of Barbara Zimmermann. This item is unavailable.Just Another Immigrant : The Reconstructed Biography of Barbara Zimmermann

140 years ago thousands of families emigrated from Germany to America. Many of them were poor and without hope. In America they could start a new life, were able to get work and were successful. This was only possible due to three things: a strong will of survival, luck and help from others. This is the story of Barbara Zimmermann (1872-1960), a woman of German decent born in Hungary, who went through tremendous turmoil to get her and her two sons to the land of her hopes. The real American Dream. This book also includes recipes from the Old Country and accordion-music from the collection of her son Wendell.

George A. Speckert was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri and is Barbara's great- grandson. At age 7 his grandfather, Wendell, bought him an accordion. As of then visiting the grandparents usually ended with a session of accordion playing. Years later and due to this musical influence George Speckert studied music and became a Music Educator. Today he composes and teaches music and media on a college level.