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Jean Goodwin Messinger

Biography

Author Jean Messinger was born and raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, graduated from Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin, and has lived in Colorado since 1952. Colorado Springs was home to Jean and her husband for nearly forty years. After teaching school for several years, at age fifty, she earned a master’s degree in art and architectural history from Denver University.

She considers herself doubly blessed to live in Colorado near her large extended family, which includes seven grandchildren.

Where to find Jean Goodwin Messinger online

Website: http://jeanmessinger.com/

Where to buy in print

http://amzn.com/0615950078

Books

Same War Different Battlefields by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 89,550. Language: English. Published: March 11, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century
Inspiring stories from civilians impacted by World War II.This collection of stories from World War II gives first-person accounts about the bombing of Hiroshima, the London Blitz, refugees fleeing invading Russian armies, living under Nazi occupation, life in wartime Germany, Japanese American internment and more. The narrators are your friends and neighbors from Colorado's Front Range.
Voices From The Other Side: Inspiring German WWII Memoirs by
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 96,950. Language: English. Published: September 24, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » War, Nonfiction » Social Science » Immigration & Emigration
These are the stories of ordinary German civilians who survived the horrors of war and eventually immigrated to Colorado. These stories remind readers how war imposes hardship and heartbreak on all of the populations involved. It's the author's hope that readers will learn from and be inspired by these revelations from ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances.

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