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My Father's Island (Guinness World Records Little Books) Paperback – January 1, 2003

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A true story that incorporates biography, adventure and the elements of armchair travel. Angermeyer, who grew up in Nebraska, embarks on a search to discover what happened to her father, a refugee from Hitler, on the Galapagos Islands where he and her mother had lived before his death.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pelican Press; 2nd edition (January 1, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 303 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0954485106
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0954485108
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
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DH
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for trip to Galapagos
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2023
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Great history, you need to read this if you are planning a trip to the Galapagos.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for anyone visiting the Galapagos!
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2014
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A few years ago, I had the amazing experience of being able to travel to the Galapagos Islands for vacation. I read this book shortly before going and it was wonderful to get the author's perspective of the island and to imagine what it must have been like in the past, before it was such a tourist destination. The Angermeyer family still has a huge presence on the islands, and it was great to go back to where it all began! I highly recommend even if you are not traveling to the Galapagos, but it is a perfect book if you are going.

Another Galapagos-related book that I highly recommend for travelers is "Floreana" by Margret Wittmer - the Wittmers were another of the first families on the Galapagos!
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Peggy Dixon
5.0 out of 5 stars Pioneers settle a unique and fascinating place
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2013
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I have long been fascinated by the Galapagos Islands and this first hand account of people from Europe trying to settle there after the war really brings it to life. Lots about the unique plants and animals but also much about the pioneer life and struggles, the joys and hardships too. Very well written. I've been trying to determine if she wrote a sequel as I'd love to read it. I don't think so .....if anyone knows otherwise please post.
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Chris
4.0 out of 5 stars Takes me back there
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2014
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Good portrayal of Ecuadorian city life and island life, and the dream-come-true of many young girls like myself who never did it!
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Calochortus
5.0 out of 5 stars His hens like his pancakes
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2008
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Johanna Angermeyer writes wonderfully. There are amazing things in this book--her trek to get firewood (complete with fire ants), her swimming with sea lion pups, her turning down the slobbery pancakes, her deftly avoiding fony Franz from Frisco. I like the way she put it all together, mixing family accounts with her personal history and observations of LA, Ecuador and Galapagos, with her quest running through it like a vein.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Filled in a historic lacuna dealing with Germans who fled ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2018
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Filled in a historic lacuna dealing with Germans who fled Germany in the 1930's and what at least one family did so they could live freely.
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Harold Marshall
5.0 out of 5 stars An in depth presentation of life, conditions, and ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2014
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An in depth presentation of life, conditions, and associated hardships for settlers to these islands. Anyone who plans to visit these islands should read this account that is well presented by the author
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B. Haze
5.0 out of 5 stars great book
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2013
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The service was prompt and the book arrived in condition stated I had heard Johanna speak this past winter on a cruise ship and she was an excellent speaker and expect the book to be just as inspiring.
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Dave k
5.0 out of 5 stars A true modern day robinson crusoe adventure
Reviewed in Canada on March 24, 2019
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I felt as if I was right there with the author. living free and wild.
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Alasdair MacCaluim
5.0 out of 5 stars A real-life adventure story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2017
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Some families have more exciting stories to tell than others and this book just goes to prove it. Johanna Angermeyer grew up in suburban California in the 50s and 60s. Her grandparents were German speakers who had escaped the Russian Empire to avoid the First World War. Her mother's story is no less exciting as she was married first to a daring aristocratic Ecuadorean pilot and, following his death, to a German who had left his country for the Galapagos islands before the Second World War both to avoid the Nazis and to go back to nature. This autobiography looks at Johanna's journey from being a young girl in America longing to learn about her late father, to moving to Ecuador and to the Galapagos islands, tracing her history and learning to live a Robinson Crusoe like lifestyle before mass tourism reached the island. A fascinating story well told.
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Nadine Ridel
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on March 12, 2018
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Fast shipping. very satisfied
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wizzasmum
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2014
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Excellent book, especially if you have been to visit the islands.
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janette fiona cialfi
4.0 out of 5 stars fascinationg
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2015
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fascinating true life account of an amazing life and family. Now want to go to Equador and the Galapados Islands.
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