This past Monday and Tuesday I spoke with 16 history classes at Logan Elm High School. The presentation was well received and the students were interested – several came up to talk to me after the presentation.
Voice held up. My legs are tired!
Thanks to Matthew Forte for the photos!
Gerhard was the guest speaker at the Friends of NRA Banquet on February 20th, 2016, at the Amvets building in Circleville.
Gerhard donated two of his books for their fundraising auction, and they sold for $200 each! (The friends of NRA banquet is a fundraiser for the future of shooting sports.)
Gerhard signed books yesterday at The Book Loft in Columbus’s German Village from 1pm until about 4pm.
The already-cramped spaces were packed with Sunday shoppers, and Gerhard chatted with old friends, new friends, and even a distant relative!
Gerhard’s earlier books, his collection of German Readers to help learn the German language are also for sale at The Book Loft.
Gerhard will be giving a presentation at Village Chapel United Methodist Church in Ashville, Ohio, on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 12:30 pm.
He will have books available for purchase and signing after the talk.
Stop in if you’re in the area!
Why Can’t Somebody Just Die Around Here has been reviewed by Lisa, a writer and librarian in southern Ohio. Her most recent blog post discusses Gerhard’s book about his family’s experience in Europe and America and compares it to another book which connects the Japanese and American parts of the war.
I always like to support local authors and when a local author writes a memoir so readable it could be a novel, I’m even happier to endorse and promote it. Gerhard Maroscher’s oddly titled memoir, Why Can’t Somebody Just Die Around Here? is a book I think any World War II buff will enjoy.
Lisa also points out that Gerhard’s book is a good way to read rare first-hand accounts of the refugee experience in America.
the entire book is excellent
Read more of her review here: Hopewell’s Library of Life.
Order Gerhard’s Book here:
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A good crowd of about 60 people turned out today for Gerhard’s author’s talk at Community United Methodist Church in Circleville, Ohio.
Gerhard will be signing books at The Book Loft in German Village (Columbus) on February 14 in the afternoon. More details about that soon!
(Thanks to Linda Kennedy for the photos!)
Gerhard gave a talk about his book and the experiences detailed in it on January 21st at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio.
The Colloquium was a beautiful location for the talk, and several enthusiastic people were in attendance, including Noelle Bauman, the student who was so fascinated by Gerhard’s book that she spoke to the university librarian about bringing him in for this talk.
Noelle Bauman helped bring Gerhard to Muskingum University.
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| Orders will ship within 1-3 days via USPS Media Mail, which takes 2-9 days to arrive. |
The picture is of me in my advanced ROTC uniform with Dad just before I was to get an ROTC award. Dad, who had fought in three Axis armies, was very proud of me.
And now a retired US Army Colonel has read the story that spans the experiences of those men, from WWII to Vietnam, and loves the book!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. The book…it is a shame that we have so abused great adjectives i.e. awesome, outstanding, and terrific so (so is “so”)…in the United States Army lingo I will say “a job well done”.
Gerhard, your ability to tell your family’s story was and is a true gift; I understand “labors of love.” You made me laugh and cry and thank God for his mercy to you and your family especially where their lives were at great risk. It is a wonderful story of survival, heartbreak, determination, and love. Your research and capture of such historically valuable documentation was stunning.
Your family’s life story would make a great movie!!!!
-Dick Smith, US Army Colonel (Ret), former faculty member of both the Command & General Staff College and the US Army War College
Just in time delivery! The inventory was down to 40 books when a pallet with 300 more copies was delivered to my driveway yesterday.
Now there won’t be any delay in orders even if they come in fast!