ASIN: B01DMZUNHE
Publisher: ARNOLD FRECKER
Pages: 47
THE DUTCH IMMIGRANT: This is a story of Andreas Vrekki. Andreas was born in 1892 in Rotterdam Holland. Rotterdam was a bustling city of half a million people at the turn of the century. It is a story of some sadness in the death of Andreas father. A little intrigue in getting out of Holland. In the Netherlands school began at the early age of three. Andreas was a studious boy throughout his early years, and even into old age. In 1909, at the age of eighteen his father died of cancer. A promise was made by his father to bring him to America, and his stepmother ended up fulfilling his wish. This story tells of the trials that were faced in leaving Holland. Of coming to a new country and finding work. The challenges he faced in working for the railroad. He changed his name to sound more American. In this new land he found love and built a life that has now grown into the hundreds of people.
