Cruel paradise : life stories of Dutch emigrants / Hylke Speerstra ; translated and abridged by Henry J. Baron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Speerstra, Hylke.

Contributor:

Baron, Henry James.

Standardized Title:

Wrede paradys. English

Language:

English

Frisian

Subjects (All):

Fryslân (Netherlands)--Emigration and immigration.

Fryslân (Netherlands).

Frisians--Foreign countries.

Frisians.

Frisians--United States.

Emigration and immigration.

Netherlands--Fryslân.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 224 pages : map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans, ©2005.

Language Note:

Translated from the Frisian.

Summary:

"Cruel Paradise weaves together the firsthand stories of men and women who emigrated from the Netherlands throughout the twentieth century. A skilled stylist with an unassuming presence, Hylke Speestra brings readers along as he circles the globe interviewing transplanted Netherlanders in the United States, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. Combining elements of memoir and travelogue, his narrative speaks to universal human experience as it recounts the trials and successes of these emigrants."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Crescendo : Hindrik Jeens Baron from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

The flight from Sybrandahûs : Hetty Seif-Lettinga from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Initials on the stairs : Anna Postma-Wielinga from Oakdale, California, USA

Return to De Gaastmar : James Jelle Wildschut from Tampa, Florida, USA

Breakfast of champions : John Reitsma from Jerome, Idaho, USA

The horse-sleigh of Ithaca : Klaas and Mares van der Ploeg from Ithaca, Michigan, USA

Ruft Hill : Ray Piso from Arlington, New Jersey, USA

Leaving the Spinnensteeg : Frits and Anne Newland from Richmond, Ontario, Canada

The broken village : Tsjummearum left, Tsjummearum stayed

Churchgoing : Dick Boersma and Henny Sikkema-Boersma from Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Frisian Day : Lút Miedema and Freerkje Miedema-Haagsma from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Nightflight : Frisians in the Holland Christian Home in Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Good choice : Jan and Jeep Veenstra Dairy, South Africa

Flowering bark : Willem van Dijk and Aaltsje van Dijk-van Essen from Durbanville, South Africa

Frisian Nick : Lyckele de Jong and Aly de Jong-ten Boom from Te Aroha, New Zealand.

The night of Okaihau : Marten Dykstra from Okaihau, New Zealand, and Simone Koornstra from Makkum

The layers of life : Melis van der Sluis from Hamilton, New Zealand

The widows of Abel Tasman : Evening Rest near Melbourne, Australia

Frisian dream : Henny Westerdijk and Wietske Westerdijk-Popma from Gosford, New South Wales, Australia

The statue by Zadkine : Okke Jansma from Highton, Australia.

ISBN:

9780802828019

0802828019

OCLC:

57434158

Publisher Number:

90100958752