{"product_id":"a-priceless-legacy-cynthia-joy-hausmann-9781491749685","title":"A Priceless Legacy: Franz Hausmann's Letters to His Children, 1841-1856","description":"\u003cp\u003eFranz Hausmann reminisces with justifiable contentment on the life he's carved out for himself in nineteenth-century Bavaria. By the time he is writing to his children, he has already served honorably in the infantry-surviving the disastrous 1812 march into Russia as part of Napoleon's Grande Armée-obtained a university degree in government, and earned universal respect in his current career as an increasingly important royal counselor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Priceless Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e offers a collection of his poignant letters showing how Franz devoted all his spare energy to educating his eleven children-sending them to the best schools he can afford, penning words of advice to be kept as reference, and always encouraging them to become self-reliant, honorable, and devout members of society. Mostly leaving the girls to his wife's care, Franz focuses on the boys. They cause him many headaches and heartaches, but he calmly-and sternly-tries to steer them in the right direction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFranz's great-granddaughter Cynthia Joy Hausmann has translated these letters and provided useful background comments. After Franz's death in 1856, much of Europe went through a period of political and economic upheaval, causing half of Franz's children to seek their fortune in the United States, where their descendants still exemplify Franz's wise legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait of Franz Hausmann as a civilian official, ca. 1830. He still proudly displays the red ribbon and white cross of the French Legion of Honor, which Napoleon awarded him in 1812\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Joy Hausmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1491749687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491749685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Cynthia Joy Hausmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48445182673151,"sku":"9781491749685","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_439e3f40-3fb4-412a-8b8f-a7ca56b77cea.jpg?v=1777217061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-priceless-legacy-cynthia-joy-hausmann-9781491749685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}