{"product_id":"escape-home-9780997003468","title":"Escape Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of a secular Jewish family uprooted by the Nazi occupation of Austria and Czechoslovakia who flee Europe to reunite in post-war America to rebuild their lives. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBased primarily on the memoir of modern architectural designer and Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice Charles Paterson (born Karl Schanzer), who was nine years old when the Nazi invasion reached Vienna, as well as newly uncovered documents and accounts of events found in letters between family members, the book is a riveting tale of discovery and coming to terms with a past that casts a long shadow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An engrossing saga, profusely illustrated and fully documented, the stuff that makes an intriguing feature film. I heartedly endorse it.'\u003cbr\u003e— \u003cstrong\u003eBruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Former Director, The Frank Lloyd Wright Archives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the more uplifting accounts of European émigré life that I have read in a long time.... It will touch you to tears \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Intimate and scholarly... Patient readers will be rewarded. An encyclopedic and epistolary family history, a eulogy for pre-Reich Vienna and an ode to midcentury modernism.\" -- Kirkus Reviews \"This jewel should not be called a book but a museum.\" -- Will Semler, author (Melbourne, Australia) \"One of the more uplifting accounts of European emigre life that I have read in a long time... It will touch you to tears right away, regardless of how many accounts of similar fates you believe to have studied and understood... What a book!\" -- Volker M. Welter, author and architectural historian \"An invaluable addition to the literature on the birth of modern Aspen.\" --Stewart Oksenhorn, The Aspen Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue  XI Introduction  XIII Part One Chapter 1  Foundations 1 Chapter 2  The Werkbundsiedlung 1932-1938 15 Chapter 3  Weaving 24 Chapter 4  Childhood 31 Chapter 5  Mutti 50 Chapter 6  A Boy of Ten Is Already Grown 56 Chapter 7  My Dear Children 76 Chapter 8  Prisoners Don't Ride Bicycles 83 Chapter 9  Sauf Conduit 93 Chapter 10  Australia 105 Chapter 11  War Cry 116 Chapter 12  Resurfacing 128 Chapter 13  The Goldens 136 Chapter 14  When War Is Over 144 Chapter 15  To America 154 Part Two Chapter 16  Finding Home 164 Chapter 17  Summer of '49 178 Chapter 18  Manna from Heaven 191 Chapter 19  Dispossession 201 Chapter 20  What Traces Are Left 213 Chapter 21  Stefan and Max 1939--1947 227 Chapter 22  Aspen, Early 1950's 239 Chapter 23  Prisoner of Fortune, Prisoner of War 250 Chapter 24  At the End of Empire 264 Chapter 25  Money Matters 276 Chapter 26  Basic Training 288 Chapter 27  The Tachinierer 299 Part Three Chapter 28  Breaking Ground 312 Chapter 29  Taliesin 321 Chapter 30  A Critical Mix 336 Chapter 31  A Sympathetic Chord 349 Chapter 32  Architecture in Evolution 366 Chapter 33  Building 383 Chapter 34  Pencil to Paper 398 Chapter 35  Silversmithing 414 Chapter 36  Still Escaping 428 Chapter 37  Adaptations 438 Chapter 38  A Philosophy of Life 445 Chapter 39  A Cabin Is A Castle 455 Appendix I  Recipes 459 Appendix II  Map of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France 467 Appendix III  Family Trees  473 Endnotes  481 Selected Bibliography  517 Acknowledgments  526 Index  533\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"DoppelHouse Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528716853591,"sku":"9780997003468","price":17.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780997003468.jpg?v=1731872709","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/escape-home-9780997003468","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}