A Greek Odyssey in the American West

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A Greek Odyssey in the American West begins with Helen Papanikolas discussing her childhood in Helper, Utah. Helper’s population used to be as unusual a conglomeration as might be found anywhere in the West: French sheepherders; Chinese and Japanese restaurant owners; African American, Greek, and Italian rail and coal workers; and in any case, Mormon, Jewish, and Slav businessmen settled in and around Helper, a way station for the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad.
 
This book, alternatively, isn’t Papanikolas’s life story but the story of her parent’s individual emigrations to the USA, their meeting and courtship, and their migrations within the West as they pursued job opportunities. Papanikolas movingly and eloquently recreates and interprets the experience of parents trying hard to reach The united states without losing their rich heritage and who in the long run enrich the culture of their adopted country.

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