A Polish son in the motherland an American's journey home / Leonard Kniffel.

Author/creator Kniffel, Leonard
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoCollege Station : Texas A & M University Press,
Descriptionix, 236 p. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Kniffel, Leonard--Travel. --Poland.
Poland--Description and travel.

Contents Back in the old country -- Her father's child -- After the first people in the world -- The four corners of Sugajno -- The sign of the cross -- Mothers and sons -- Like Grandma in the back seat -- Last train -- Chiseled in stone -- Castles in the air -- Pieces of change -- The land they love -- To market -- Holy days -- Followed by water -- The best days begin in ordinary ways -- Property -- The priest and the ledger -- Temporary blindness -- All those good-byes -- The body of Christ -- At night by the river -- Dinner with Madame and her son -- In the dark without the son -- The underside of a mushroom -- The hunt for hidden treasure -- Women dancing in their slips -- To Grandmother's house we go -- What used to be Polish -- Little mysteries unraveling -- What took you so long? -- A young man and his needlepoint -- Pilgrims -- The Nowe Miasto hillbillies -- The other side of the family -- A father and his daughter -- Waiting -- The vigil -- Whether or not it's time -- The last act -- Epilogue.
General noteIncludes index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004016545
ISBN1585444200 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1585444413 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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