How Long to Read The Forgotten Hero of Gettysburg

How Long Does it Take to Read The Forgotten Hero of Gettysburg?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 36 minutes to read The Forgotten Hero of Gettysburg by Bigna A. Francis-von Wyttenbach

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Books: Coronets, Butterflies & Roses Rocky, My Friend Swiss Aristocrats and the Second World War Swiss Aristocrats and the Second World War My Personal Voyage through History and the War in Italy This fast-paced voyage through history is a biography of an aristocratic family whose roots start at the end of the fourteenth century and terminate two years after the Second World War. This story starts in Sumatra, Indonesia, where my grandfather, Dr. Othmar Imhof, and his family lived for several years at the beginning of the twentieth century. He was the physician for the Dutch colony. Life was good, at least for the family. They had a beautiful home, fifteen servants (coolies), and a Chinese chef. Dr. Imhof worked close to eighteen hours every day. He was the head physician, chief of staff, and chief surgeon. He was overloaded with responsibilities. Their two children, Marguerite Luise and Othmar, were born in Sumatra. Toward the end of the First World War, the Imhofs had to return to Switzerland. My grandmother and the two children went first because Dr. Imhof had to satisfy his contractual duties with the Dutch. From this point this biography picks up the von Wyttenbach side of the family. It starts with Bertschi Wyttenbach in the thirteenth century and goes directly to Thomas Wyttenbach, the reformer (sixteenth century), and the massacre of the Huguenots in Paris, France, in 1572. You will also read how New Berne in North Carolina was founded in 1710. Back in Berne, the Imhof family settled in nicely. Maiti (Marguerite Luise) met Baron von Wyttenbach in the early nineteen twenties. They married in 1925 in the cathedral in Berne (the Münster). Maiti did not like to live in Switzerland. The cold winters and all the mountains seemed to suffocate her. I think that after having lived in Indonesia, this is quite understandable. After their honeymoon, the young couple decided to move to Italy. Tomi was offered a good position as director of a large property in the "Pianura Padana," Northern Italy. After a few years he was offered an even better position by the duke of Orléans, still in the Pianura Padana. In 1933, with the Imhofs and some other relatives and friends' help, Tomi and Maiti were able to purchase a beautiful "gentleman's farm" near Lake Como. The property was called "La Benedetta" because it was built as a Benedictine convent in the fifteenth century. Our home was added by the previous owners about fifty years before. It was considered "new." By this time Tomi and Maiti had three children: I was the second, between two boys. Tomi died when the youngest son was only four months old. Maiti had two choices: give up and go back to Switzerland or stay and fight. And fight she did. The war had already started all around us. We all endured hunger, cold, bombardments, massacres, Hitler, and Mussolini. In 1941 Marga (Maiti was her nickname) remarried, and in 1943 we were given the joy of a little brother. This Aristocrats and the Second World War history ends in the year 1947, two years after the end of the war. With this book, I am trying to describe how a war influences and deeply hurts the people on whose land the war is fought. I also wrote this book to show my appreciation to all the Allied soldiers who so valiantly fought for us. So many were wounded, so many died, and so many families were left to grieve their losses. What is so tragic is that the Allied soldiers are still fighting, still dying, and being wounded; will we never learn? Last but no

How long is The Forgotten Hero of Gettysburg?

The Forgotten Hero of Gettysburg by Bigna A. Francis-von Wyttenbach is 209 pages long, and a total of 54,131 words.

This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Forgotten Hero of Gettysburg Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 55 minutes to read The Forgotten Hero of Gettysburg aloud.

What Reading Level is The Forgotten Hero of Gettysburg?

The Forgotten Hero of Gettysburg is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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