The Journey of Jacob Braun: A New Orbit

By Joseph Braun

The Journey of Jacob Braun - A New Orbit is a memoir woven from letters written in 1934, when a young man left Vienna for Peru as Europe began to darken.

Jacob Braun was already thirty-one when he boarded the SS Orbita in La Rochelle, bound for a new life on the far side of the Atlantic. His journey - told through his own words and those of his mother, father, brothers, and beloved Anny - is at once intimate and universal. Across five weeks at sea, he battles seasickness, writes humorous accounts of shipboard life, and dreams of reunion in Lima, where his brothers awaited him.

But the story is larger than one man's voyage. These letters capture a family stretched across continents, a mother's blessings and worries, a father's practical advice, and the tender ache of love left behind. Set against the backdrop of 1930s Austria, with fascism on the rise, and Peru, with its open doors to immigrants, Jacob's letters remind us that emigration is not only departure but longing, memory, and survival.

With warmth, wit, and historical depth, The Journey of Jacob Braun - A New Orbit preserves the voice of a young man on the threshold of exile and reinvention. It is both a personal family treasure and a testament to all who have carried their memories across oceans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FP9BWTY6
• ISBN13: 9798262855674
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"