CONTENTS
MATEJ'S JOURNEY TO AMERICA
Acknowledgements
Introduction
I. Papa's Treasure Chest
II. Immigrants from Eden and Babylon
III. God: Slavemaster or Divine Mercy?
IV. Christianity Organizes as the Roman Empire Falls
V. Christianity and Islam Battle for Souls
VI. Charlemagne's Holy Roman Empire
VII. Marco Polo to the Spanish Inquisition
VIII. America Discovered while Christianity Reforms
IX. Europe Battles and America Revolts
X. France Conquers Europe; Jefferson Purchases Louisiana
XI. War of 1812 and Napoleon's Waterloo
XII. Mountain Men and Traders on the Santa Fe Trail
XIII. Fur Trade in America; Matej's Life in Moravia
XIV. Nebraska: Road to the West
XV. Peasants Revolt in Europe; America Expands to the Pacific
XVI. Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
XVII. America Builds a Railroad; Prussia Dominates Europe
XVIII. Matej's Journey-1871
XIX. Wild West
XX. Matej's New World
Epilogue
Bibliograpy
CONTENTS
MATEJ'S LEGACY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: PRELUDE TO THE 20th CENTURY--THE BIRTH OF COMMUNISM
Chapter 2: EUROPEAN POWERS CONTINUE WORLD COLONIZATION
Chapter 3: HORSELESS CARRIAGES; FLYING AND TALKING MACHINES
Chapter 4: WORLD WAR I
Chapter 5: THE ROARING TWENTIES
Chapter 6: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter 7: WORLD WAR II
Chapter 8: COMMUNIST EXPANSION; MIDDLE EAST INDEPENDENCE
Chapter 9: JET AIRCRAFT EN ROUTE TO KOREA
Chapter 10: HIGH SCHOOL IN NEBRASKA
Chapter 11: BIG RED
Chapter 12: GENERAL MOTORS AND VIETNAM
Chapter 13: BEGINNING MY AEROSPACE CAREER
Chapter 14: ROCKFORD TO LEBANON
Chapter 15: THE GOOD LIFE IN LA
Chapter 16: THE FALL OF A CAREER AND OF COMMUNISM
Chapter 17: LIFE AFTER SUNDSTRAND
Chapter 18: THE WORLD AS AN AUTHOR
Chapter 19: 2003 HISTORICAL INSIGHTS
EPILOGUE
BIBLIOGRAPHY