Jadwiga's Crossing: a story of the Great Migration | Richard J. Lutz

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	Jadwiga's Crossing: a story of the Great Migration Richard J. Lutz iUniverse, Inc., 2006 - 344 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This beautifully written, meticulously researched work is a must-read not only for Polish-Americans, but for all readers who are interested in learning about the challenges and joys of the trans-Atlantic crossing made by millions of European immigrants in the late nineteenth century.

Richard and Aloysius Lutz have written a compelling tale about the hardships encountered by a group of poor Polish immigrants, viewed through the eyes of newlyweds Paul and Jadwiga Adamik. Readers are introduced to Poles and Polish folklore from several regions of then-partitioned Poland, as well as the tensions that existed between Poles and the three nations that occupied Poland in the nineteenth century: Prussia, Russia, and Austria.

This work of historical fiction will resonate with readers whose ancestors, three or four generations ago, made the same difficult decision to uproot their families from their familiar surroundings in Europe in order to secure a better life in America. Their stories about their emigration from the Old World, often carefully passed down from generation to generation, have been woven into the fabric of Jadwiga?s Crossing.

For many Americans today, the story of Paul and Jadwiga Adamik?s crossing offers a fresh look at the courage of, and sacrifices made by, their grandparents and great-grandparents over 140 years ago. Jadwiga?s Crossing offers masterful storytelling?a riveting journey into the past.

Dr. Deborah Anders Silverman

Author, Polish-American Folklore

Website: JadwigasCrossing.com

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Story of the Great Polish Migration

The book began in Poland, it shows the complexities of the relations between Poles from different provinces - since Poland did not exist as a country then but was divided by Russia, Prussia and Austria. It reads also as a documentary of the ocean travel at the end of the XIX century with all the details one can imagine.
The story is told mostly through the eyes of a newlywed couple, Paul Adamik and Jadwiga Wdowiak Adamik. At its beginning, she finds him, an obedient soldier in the Prussian army, intending to re-enlist, carry on his family's farming tradition, or accept an offer to become the caretaker of his German lieutenant's lands in occupied Poland. But Jadwiga dream is to go to free America.
The novel shows that the people who decided to travel oversees had to be very brave and desperate, like the statement from the book, "the fearful never left and the weak never survived."
I recommend it to everybody - especially these interested in what their ancestors had to go through to travel oversees over a hundred years ago!

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If you're looking for a book to get lost in, one that will make you stay up until the wee hours of the morning because you just have to find out what happens next, this is it.
Any reader would be mesmerized by this story because it's a tale of love, personal character,overcoming adversity, conflict, history...I mean , this book has it all.
The book follows the emmigration of a young Polish bride and her husband to America. While it is a very interesting story of their day to day struggles the reader has to remind himself that this is probably more historical fact than fiction. This was a challenge shared by so many immigrants of many countries.
If you are a romance-novel fan, you'll love it. If you are a student of history, you'll love it.If you're a fan of drama, you'll love it.
The only negative comment that I have is that although the story has a very satisfying end the reader wishes for more (what happened to these characters in the following 20 years,etc...)
Surely anyone with immigrant ancestors would want to purchase this book for all of their children as a memory of where we came from, why we are here,and why we should be so thankful for what we have.

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Excellent story about Polish immigrants

This is an excellent story that anyone can enjoy but especially readers of Polish heritage. The story is a very realistic journey about what people would do to come to the new country "America" and what they endured to claim their dream. I liked the fact that Jadwiga was a strong female character who knew what she wanted and stood up for what she believed in. The story about the ship and the events that happenned is amazing and I especially liked reading the ending when they ended up in Dunkirk, NY, because I'm from there, and it all made sense. The Lutz family have written a marvelous book and I wish there were more stories like this. Keep us the good work and Stolat!

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Jadwiga's Crossing:a story of the Great Migration

I enjoyed reading this book about the history of people living in America. No matter what country our ancestors came from travel to this country was not easy. Adjusting to the life here was also difficult.
I highly recommend this novel.

A Fine Historical Novel

"Jadwiga's Crossing" was many years in the formation by a father and son writing team, and it proves well worth the wait.

Based on records of real people, Poles who crossed the ocean from Poland to find a new life in America, the story has everything a good novel needs: imagery, themes, conflict, and characterization.

The novel begins in a fishing village in Poland and ends in Dunkirk, New York, but the greater part of it takes place aboard the immigrant-laden ship carrying uncertain but bravely optimistic flesh and blood people to a new land and a new life. They lived lives as so many of our ancestors must have done.

Highly Recommended.

James Conroyd Martin
Author of "Push Not the River"
and "Against a Crimson Sky"
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