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| Cover design and book layout by Stella Stofberg |
The author’s courage, his confidence, and his
lively sense of fun are threads that run through this story of one man’s life:
importantly his experience of momentous world events and how he survived them.
His guts and intelligence – with some help from lady luck – averted almost
certain death.
He begins his story with some ancestral
history, and then describes his young life in Germany before and during the
dramatic 20th century upheavals of World War II, when he was forced
to serve in the Hitler Youth and to join the army. Those experiences gave him a
strong aversion to war and violence.
He goes on to relate how he came to South
Africa and what it took to succeed as an industrialist in a foreign country
where he spoke no English, while pursuing, with great determination, his dream
of having a home and family (and a small car).
Peter Plum’s prodigious memory for detail lends
authenticity and charm to his descriptions and makes fascinating reading for
those interested in recent history as told by a survivor who is now in his
nineties, and for anyone wanting an entertaining insight into a long life well
lived.
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Peter Plum
Email: peterplummail@gmail.com
Tel.: 028 314 1404
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