Paved with Gold
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Last published Sat, Jul 16, 2022
Beginning in Hungary in 1905, nineteen year old János Fodor is forced to leave his homeland and his childhood love behind for a new life in America. He sails across the ocean and ends up in Ohio, where the trials of a foreign language and xenophobic surroundings prove difficult to find happiness. Will Mary be his silver lining, or was he better off in the land that he loved?
**this is a historical fiction story about my 2nd great grandfather who was born in Hungary and immigrated at 19. That is all we know of him, and this is my interpretation of his story.
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