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- catalog abstract ""Rothschilds and radium were the horizons of Doris's childhood. Born in Germany in the early twentieth century, she came of age in an upper-middle-class family that struggled to maintain its bourgeois respectability between the two World Wars. Now in her nineties, Doris Drucker (she met her husband Peter - of management fame - in the 1930s) has penned a memoir that brings to life the Germany of her childhood. Rather than focusing on the rise of Hitler, Drucker weaves history into her story of the day-to-day life of an apolitical family. She chronicles here the crowds that gathered to see the Zeppelin, her attempts to negotiate her Prussian mother's plans for her (like marrying well and becoming a famous scientist), ski trips and hikes, the schools she attended, her father's struggles to support the family, and all the stuff and drama that make up a childhood. Drucker's energetic storytelling, eye for the telling detail, and sly wit draw the reader into her portrait of a way of life made forever poignant by its place in history so close to the brutalities of World War II."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13237596.
- catalog coverage "Germany Biography.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Rothschilds and radium were the horizons of Doris's childhood. Born in Germany in the early twentieth century, she came of age in an upper-middle-class family that struggled to maintain its bourgeois respectability between the two World Wars. Now in her nineties, Doris Drucker (she met her husband Peter - of management fame - in the 1930s) has penned a memoir that brings to life the Germany of her childhood. Rather than focusing on the rise of Hitler, Drucker weaves history into her story of the day-to-day life of an apolitical family.".
- catalog description "She chronicles here the crowds that gathered to see the Zeppelin, her attempts to negotiate her Prussian mother's plans for her (like marrying well and becoming a famous scientist), ski trips and hikes, the schools she attended, her father's struggles to support the family, and all the stuff and drama that make up a childhood. Drucker's energetic storytelling, eye for the telling detail, and sly wit draw the reader into her portrait of a way of life made forever poignant by its place in history so close to the brutalities of World War II."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "The Children -- My Mother's Marriage -- The German Defeat -- The French Arrive -- Koenigstein -- The Social Order -- A Wider Horizon -- The Inflation Years -- Back to School -- My Father -- Books -- Back to St. Moritz -- The Sisters -- The Floberts -- The Schiller School -- Travel -- Ski Trips -- My Intellectual Journey -- The Facts of Life -- Frankfurt -- Tunbridge Wells -- The Settlement House -- A Former Thief -- Climbing the Social Ladder -- A Marriage Proposal -- The Warburg Institute -- In France -- La Bohême -- Back to the Law -- Meeting Peter Again -- A Dinner Party -- Postscript.".
- catalog extent "190 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226165035 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "Germany Biography.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "300/.92 B 22".
- catalog subject "CT275.D8754 A3 2004".
- catalog subject "Drucker, Doris.".
- catalog subject "Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005.".
- catalog subject "German Americans Biography.".
- catalog subject "Women United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Children -- My Mother's Marriage -- The German Defeat -- The French Arrive -- Koenigstein -- The Social Order -- A Wider Horizon -- The Inflation Years -- Back to School -- My Father -- Books -- Back to St. Moritz -- The Sisters -- The Floberts -- The Schiller School -- Travel -- Ski Trips -- My Intellectual Journey -- The Facts of Life -- Frankfurt -- Tunbridge Wells -- The Settlement House -- A Former Thief -- Climbing the Social Ladder -- A Marriage Proposal -- The Warburg Institute -- In France -- La Bohême -- Back to the Law -- Meeting Peter Again -- A Dinner Party -- Postscript.".
- catalog title "Invent radium or I'll pull your hair / Doris Drucker.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".