Forging Ahead: Recollections of the Life and Times of Esther Dartigue

by Esther Dartigue and John Dartigue

Esther and her family left behind a comfortable life in Hungary to escape what her father sensed was coming - World War I. But instead of rejoicing in their new U.S. home, they were plunged into poverty and deprivation. So at age 11 Esther made another escape, seeing education as her ticket out. She left home and supported herself as a domestic while she went through high school, college, and graduate school, earning her master's at Columbia University's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477595902
• ISBN13: 9781477595909
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 482 Pages