Justly Proud: A German American Family in Indiana

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Summary: An interesting journey through a century with one family.
Review: Beverly Raffensperger Fauvre's book, Justly Proud, reveals the success, grief, and strong ethics of generations of a German-American family living in Indianapolis. Through the author we see how the lives of family members are linked together for over 150 years.

In addition to being a good story, Justly Proud, is as a terrific history of Indianapolis, Indiana. It will be used often as an interesting and informative reference as it charts the growth of a major Midwestern city.

The lives celebrated in this book will certainly stay with the reader. The easy writing style that Fauvre uses draws us closer to the characters as we see how each gave so much of themselves to the next generation. Pure enjoyment.

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Summary: a worthy record of family history
Review: Germans, arriving in America in the 19th century were one of the strongest groups of immigrants building the new nation. JUSTLY PROUD is Beverly Raffensperger Fauvre's homage to the generations of both her family & her husband's, who journeyed to the Midwest, as early as 1836, & helped found a city & prospered there in.

A meandering, fascinating telling of the tales of a child's family. As if the Reader is looking at the faded photos on top of the piano that came West with a long ago wife. As if a granddaughter is telling you their stories, along with some of what had been happening in the city, the state, the nation & the world at the time these honored ancestors were alive.