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Abstract
On a summer day in 1980 in Niederfeulen, Luxembourg, Suzanne Bunkers pored over parish records of her maternal ancestors, immigrants to the rural American Midwest in the mid 1800s. Suddenly, chance led her to the name Simmerl and to the missing piece in the genealogical puzzle that had brought her so far: Susanna Simmerl, Bunkers' paternal great-great-grandmother, who had given birth to an illegitimate daughter in 1856 before coming to America. Finding Susanna was the catalyst for Bunkers' intensely personal book, which blends history, memory, and imagination into a drama of two women's lives within their multigenerational family.
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1996
Series
Singular Lives: The Iowa Series in North American Autobiography
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Place
Iowa City
Total Pages
251
ISBN
9780877455387
Keywords
Biography, Family, Women college teachers, English teachers, Women pioneers, Luxembourgers, Genealogy, Methodology
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Copyright © 1996 by the University of Iowa Press. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Recommended Citation
Bunkers, Suzanne L.. In Search of Susanna. University of Iowa Press, 1996.
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