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    An Immigrant American: Kopp Chronicles, #1
    An Immigrant American: Kopp Chronicles, #1
    An Immigrant American: Kopp Chronicles, #1
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    An Immigrant American: Kopp Chronicles, #1

    By Gregory Kopp

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    Based on a true story of the saga of an American family that spans multiple continents, revolutionary upheavals and personal tragedy and triumph.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKopp Company
    Release dateAug 20, 2016
    ISBN9781537220574
    An Immigrant American: Kopp Chronicles, #1
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    Gregory Kopp

    Gregory Kopp is an Amazon 5-Star Author, Graduate of Northwestern University and a Principal Consultant for Kopp Company, a privately held firm. Gregory is also a Talent Ambassador for The Walt Disney Company. The 5 Star acclaimed Kopp Chronicles series of novels have been nominated for Reader's Choice Awards, Goodreads Choice Awards and numerous "Cover of the Month" & "Book of the Day" Honors. The novels also received a glowing review and is a featured "First Lines" in "Publishers Weekly", an international news website of book publishing and bookselling.

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      An Immigrant American - Gregory Kopp

      Chapter One

      Raus! Raus! He heard shouting and pounding on his heavy oaken front door. It was the middle of a cold and snowy night in January, 1853 at 25 Amalienstrasse, in the city of Karlsruhe, capital of the Grand Duchy of Baden. A tall lanky young man leapt out of the bed he shared with his wife and small child and opened the door and saw the soldier dressed in a Prussian uniform, holding a sword in one hand and a lantern in the other. It was his old friend Johannes whom he marched with just 3 years before during the 1848-49 revolution.

      What is wrong Johannes? he asked.

      You and your family have to leave your home, Johannes stated. His eyes were cold and barely registered any emotion. By order of the Grand Duke you must leave! he continued.

      How? Where do we go in the middle of winter? Stanislaus asked, in shock and surprise.

      Johannes replied, There will be a convoy to the train station and a government train leaving for Antwerp, in the morning. From there you will be given passage on a ship for America and you must never return. You and your family better be with the convoy or you will be arrested. Now hurry and get packing, he growled.  

      What will we do for food or shelter in the middle of winter in a strange city? Stanislaus asked himself. He had suddenly grasped the meaning of the soldier’s words.

      His name was Stanislaus Kopp and he also went by his middle name Nicholas which his mother preferred.  He was tall and lanky and muscles rippled under his shirt from his work as a stonemason. It looked like his jet black hair was already sprinkled with flecks of gray even though he was only 27, however these were actually highlights, a result of the years he spent working outside in the sun. His nose was prominent, a Roman nose they said, and he had wondered if he really was descended from those ancient occupying armies. He was the only son of the unmarried Apollonia. His mother never did tell him who his father was and she had died almost 10 years before.  He had no other living immediate

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