Through the Eyes of an Immigrant

In A Red Boyhood -- Growing up Under Stalin we followed a childs perilous journey of survival through war-torn Eastern Europe Nazi occupation and as the son of an enemy of the state Soviet repression. What happened to that boy his brave and resolute mother and his little brother at wars end? Now the journey continues with Anatole Konstantins love letter to America in his new memoir Through the Eyes of an Immigrant.As a displaced person young Anatole arrives in New York in 1949 in pursuit of achieving the American Dream. Often elusive though that dream may be we cheer as he overcomes with humor and optimism the obstacles and challenges of assimilation. Through his personal experience of having endured the harsh realities of living in a totalitarian state we see mid-century world and American events through his discerning observations to gain new understanding of how Soviet propaganda ensnared a generation of American intellectuals to becoming sympathetic to the cause of Communism.With an array of characters Through the Eyes of an Immigrant will have you laughing and at times marveling at how a young mans persistence talent hard work love of family ̶ and a little bit of luck ̶ can make a dream come true.