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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Erwin RosenPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 0.336kg ISBN: 9781484061596ISBN 10: 1484061594 Pages: 138 Publication Date: 07 April 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationErwin Carle (Pseudonym Erwin Rosen; 7 June 1876 in Karlsruhe; 21 February 1923 in Hamburg) was a German Author and Journalist. Carle was enrolled in college in Munich. Being nothing but a prankster he had to terminate his studies. To save his family from this embarrassment he was sent to America being 19 at the time. There he quickly learned to stand on his own two feet, taking on any job he could find. He worked as farmhand in Texas, Apothecary, dishwasher, translator for the German Western Post in St. Louis, and as Journalist in San Francisco. In the year 1898 he found himself as part of the US Army reporting on the battle of Signal Hill in Cuba.This stage of his life was documented in his novel Der deutsche Lausbub in Amerika which translates as The German prankster in America. Having returned to Germany and subsequently trying to escape a failed relationship with his jewel as he called her, he joined the French Foreign Legion signing his 5 year contract on October 6 1905 He became Legionnaire 17889. Fortunately, after 2 years, he was able to escape and eventually published his experience as In the Foreign Legion (1910) Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |