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A Final Visit To The Land Of My Birth Baselland, Switzerland June 1994, Ernest Albert Thurkauf
A Final Visit To The Land Of My Birth Baselland, Switzerland June 1994, Ernest Albert Thurkauf
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Mother was exiled 30 years in America -- so I spent 30 days in Liestal, one for every year she was isolated and banished! My mind was constantly on such thoughts as I daily walked the streets of Liestal. Tired as I was, I never reached the point of exhaustion such as she did - - especially when she walked behind the harrows with a four-horse team [One Small Lifetime, page 79.] My 30 days for her 30 years was poor compensation for a devoted mother who almost died to bring me into the world! [One Small Lifetime, bottom of …