NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla., March 28, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- There is no denying that the 1930s was a time of emotional despair and economic hardship. Back then, many families lost their respective properties and ended up in poverty. The effects and pains of the Great Depression are back again, this time in a historical fiction told in The Struggle to Survive, the third novel in the trilogy of the Malin family saga created by Donald F. Megnin.
Set in the 1930s, The Struggle to Survive begins when Friederich and Emilie wonder what they should do following the devastating loss of their barns in a fire. While neither of them had any training or experience in farming prior to the purchase of "Valley Farm", Friederich was determined to keep his farm at all costs. While Emilie would have preferred returning to the city, Friederich was adamant. No one was going to take it away from him! He turns his attention to the wood lots located at north and south ends of his farm and begins the process of rebuilding through the use of his axe, saw, and horses, enabling him to prepare the logs to saw into lumber. The question keeps coming up, will they be able to survive in the midst of the depression and the mortgage holders wishing to foreclose? Read the book to find out.
About the Author
Donald F. Megnin, son of German immigrants, grew up on a farm near Chittenango, New York. He graduated from Fayetteville High School and worked on the family farm for several years. A Syracuse Industrialist provided him with a scholarship to attend Syracuse University where he received his A.B. degree. Upon graduation from Syracuse, he was appointed as the Syracuse University Lecturer of English to Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand for two years under the auspices of the Syracuse-in-Asia Association. Upon his return, he enrolled in the School of Theology at Boston University and received his S.T.B. degree. While serving as a United Methodist Minister in Syracuse, New York, he begin his graduate studies in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs part time. After completing his M. A. and Ph.D. degrees in political science, he taught at Slippery Rock University (one of fourteen state-owned universities of Pennsylvania). He is currently a professor emeritus of international politics from Slippery Rock University and divides his time between New Smyrna Beach, Florida, where he and his wife reside, and Syracuse, New York where they spend their summers.
The Struggle to Survive * by Donald F. Megnin
Publication Date: February 28, 2008
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