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The Making of an American : The Autobiography of a Hungarian Immigrant, Appalachian Entrepreneur, and OSS Officer
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin Himler
- Series:
- Appalachian echoes non-fiction
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War criminals.
- Newspaper editors.
- Intelligence officers.
- Hungarian newspapers.
- Hungarian Americans.
- Employees.
- Coal miners.
- Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
- War criminals--Hungary.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Hungarian newspapers--United States--History--20th century.
- Newspaper editors--United States--Biography.
- Coal miners--United States--Biography.
- Hungarian Americans--Biography.
- United States.
- Hungary.
- United States. Office of Strategic Services.
- United States. Office of Strategic Services--Officials and employees--Biography.
- Himler Coal Company--Biography.
- Himler Coal Company.
- Himler, Martin, 1889-1961.
- Himler, Martin.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- History.
- Biographies.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (330 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3) 2024
- Summary:
- "Martin Himler (1889-1961) emigrated from Hungary to America in 1907 and found success as a coal-mining entrepreneur, establishing the Himler Coal Company, the small town of Himlerville, Kentucky--almost completely populated by Hungarian immigrants--and a weekly newspaper, the Hungarian Miners' Journal. At the outbreak of WWII, Himler began working for the OSS with a rankof colonel and arrested and interrogated forty Hungarian Nazi war criminals. Himler's collected evidence and testimony were also used in the Nuremberg trials. Himler wrote his autobiography sometime during his later years when he retired to California but never published it. The autobiography exchanged hands amongst Himler family members and was finally donated to the Martin County Historical Society in 2007. The current manuscript includes the full text of the autobiography, an introduction by Doug Cantrell, and editing and annotations by Cathy Corbin"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Mátraverebely
- America
- Investment in America
- I became an American
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Again in coal mine
- Riding the rods
- Romance
- In the show business
- I become a newspaperman
- On the road again
- With mother
- I become a publisher
- I become a coal operator
- Himlerville, Kentucky
- Life in Himlerville
- The lost dream
- The American miner
- Playing God
- In Hungary
- Return home.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781621904526
- 1621904520
- OCLC:
- 1043050379
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