Books and Monographs
EMIL'S ESCAPE - by Mary A. (Steinle) Bartholomew, 1998. "Emil's Escape" begins
with a present-day grandfather relating the family tale about an ancestor 'Emil'
to his grandsons, as it had been passed down to him. In 1807, young Emil and hi
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parents go to Darmstadt to the 'Welcome Home' parade for his two older brothers
and the rest of the Grand Duke's soldiers from one of Napoleon's campaigns. Emi
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is completely captivated by the drummers leading the Unit. From then on, Emil's
goal in life is to become a drummer and he does attain his goal. However, it'
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definitely NOT what he had anticipated. After capture and enslavement by the
Cossacks during Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, Emil manages to escape and make
his way to a German village in Russia, beginning a new life there (and
eventually, becoming one of the author's ancestors). Soft cover - 296 pages.