The making of an American : the autobiography of a Hungarian immigrant, Appalachian entrepreneur, and OSS officer / Martin Himler ; edited by Cathy Cassady Corbin, with an introduction by Doug Cantrell, and a foreword by Charles Fenyvesi.

"Martin Himler (1889-1961) emigrated from Hungary to America in 1907 and found success as a coal-mining entrepreneur, establishing the Himler Coal Company, the small town of Himlerville, Kentucky--almost completely populated by Hungarian immigrants--and a weekly newspaper, the Hungarian Miners' Jour...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Appalachian echoes.
Main Author: Himler, Martin, 1888-1961 (Author)
Other Authors: Corbin, Cathy Cassady (Editor)
Cantrell, Doug (Writer of introduction)
Fenyvesi, Charles, 1937- (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Appalachian echoes.
Subjects:
Himler, Martin, > 1889-1961.
Himler Coal Company > Biography.
United States. > Office of Strategic Services > Officials and employees > Biography.
United States. > Office of Strategic Services.
Hungarian Americans > Biography.
Coal miners > United States > Biography.
Newspaper editors > United States > Biography.
Hungarian newspapers > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
War criminals > Hungary.
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Energy Industries.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > Europe > Austria & Hungary.
HISTORY > Holocaust.
Coal miners.
Employees.
Hungarian Americans.
Hungarian newspapers.
Intelligence officers.
Newspaper editors.
War criminals.
Hungary.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Personal narratives > American.
Genre:
Biography.
Personal narratives, American.
History.
Personal narratives
American.
Physical Description:xxix, 298 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book

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