A Story Never Shared: The Last Prussian

By Stephen Michael Flaum

"There is Nothing more Powerful in the World than a Good Story." Tyrion Lannister This is a very Good Story. How small the difference can be - between life and death in war. A chance, split second movement by a soldier - a taken step, body lean, or the slightest turn of a head can allow a random bullet to find its mark, or to barely miss - that difference between life or death. Prussian Fusilier Karl Flaum, and the family he would one day help create, and bring to America, were lucky. "A Story Never Shared: The "Last Prussian" is the life story of Karl Wilhelm Flaum, a man of illegitimate birth, born without parents in mid- 19th century Prussia. It is the story of a common man, living through uncommon times, and his struggle to become and achieve more in life than his birth allowed him. The chapters of his long life of 88 years were filled with tragic events in war, and within his circle of friends and family. He buried two wives, five children, two best friends, and endured the death of his birthplace and homeland in the aftermath of WWI. Throughout his life changing journey from Prussia to America, he defended his pride in his heritage at all personal cost; the shame of his birth was a secret he took to his grave.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BXNBJ7RL
• ISBN13: 9798369845141
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 331 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"