Journey of a Russian Immigrant [A. Bezkorovainy]

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All Was Not Lost: Journey of a Russian Immigrant from Riga to Chicagoland. Anatoly Bezkorovainy. A first-person account of a Russian immigrant's life story. Beginning in the Russian Empire, the narrative follows the author's parents who ended up in Latvia following the Bolshevik revolution, continues through World War II years in Latvia, Germany and post-war DP camps, and ends in the US. Bezkorovainy explores his Russian ethnicity and his Orthodox faith, including a valuable history of Russian immigration and the Orthodox Church in the US, his defense of Russia's historical past in America's news media via letters to the editor and the publication of the Chicago Russian-American. An interesting and educational book about an interesting man's life. 

Authorhouse, 2008. 690 pages, profusely illustrated. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. 1 copy only.