The Journey
The Journey by Marta Lee is a historical novel published by Adelaide Books LLC on February 18, 2021. This edition spans 370 pages and is presented in English. The narrative explores a family’s migration journey from Germany to Russia and ultimately to America, addressing the historical context of Czarina Catherine’s efforts to attract migrants to the Volga River region during the 1770s, as well as the motivations behind the German migration between 1870 and 1900.
Readers will find a fictionalized family saga that extends across generations, grounded in well-researched historical facts. The book delves into the experiences of Germans who settled in Russia and their eventual readiness to migrate to America and other destinations. Through its exploration of migration and identity, The Journey provides insight into the historical forces that shaped the lives of these families.
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A historical novel THE JOURNEY deals with a family’s migration journey from Germany to Russia and finally to America. This book addresses the question of why Czarina Catherine was looking for migrants to settle the Volga River region during the 1770s. The book also speaks of why Germans were looking to move once again between the years of 1870-1900. Why and when the Germans that had settled in Russia were ready to migrate to America and elsewhere? A fictionalized family saga extending for generations based on the well-researched historical facts.
The author, Marta Lee, lives in southeast Virginia with her husband James. They have two children and four grandchildren. Marta holds a Masters’ degree in Library and Information Science. Marta has worked as a librarian at the Census Bureau, Washington Theological Union, Regent University, Yorktown Public Library and has been a volunteer librarian at a local church and at the Colonial National Historical Park. She has written on the topics of library services to distant students, inter-library loan, reference services, mentoring and public libraries.
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