{"product_id":"greenhorn-alex-krieger-9798901743010","title":"Greenhorn: Episodes in an Immigrant's Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this luminous memoir a life shaped by motion, memory, cultures and careers, unfolds in the art of making a home in the unfamiliar. At the age of nine, Alex Krieger arrived in America with his three parents-survivors of the Holocaust. In Chicago, he finds his fourth first grade classroom to learn a fourth language in four years. From displaced childhood the journeying continues as teacher, architect, planner of cities. With a poet's sensitivity and a craftsman's precision, Krieger reflects on that greenhorn's instinct to embrace the values of an adopted nation while remaining eyewitness to its paradoxes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In prose at once sensitive and exacting, Krieger captures the immigrant's enduring double vision: a heartfelt embrace of an adopted country coupled with eyewitness clarity to its contradictions. The result is a luminous meditation on belonging that honors both allegiance and origin.\" - Pam Y. Eddinger Ph.D. President, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Krieger's engrossing memoir offers a timely reminder of the value that immigrants have brought to this country. [...] I recommend Greenhorn to anyone seeking inspiration from stories of how family, higher education, architecture, and urbanism have all shaped, and will continue to shape, this country's civic and cultural fabric.\" - Sarah M. Whiting: Dean, and Josep Lluís Sert Professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Design\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A humbling journey through the challenges of starting life anew. An intimate recounting of one man's immigration journey. A globe-spanning journey from immigrant to eminent.\" - Todd Medema, author of How to Surf a Hurricane\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Told here with the knowledge, intelligence, humor, and generosity that has made him a Harvard institution beloved by generations of students.\" - Mark Lamster of Dallas Morning News and author of The Man in the Glass House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[C]ompelling reading for anyone interested in the uniquely American story of creative possibility in a nation of immigrants.\" - Garrett Dash Nelson, President and Chief Curator of the Leventhal Map \u0026amp; Education Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An absorbing autobiography of an acclaimed teacher and architect.\" - William P. Purcell, former mayor of Metropolitan Nashville\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A masterwork of memory and place. An inspiring reflection on the meaning of immigration and belonging. It is a story both unique and universal, tracing a journey from wide-eyed newcomer to a life devoted to shaping and caring for the public realm.\" - Dingliang Yang, Professor at University of Minnesota\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Greenhorn is an inspiring story told with signature clarity about constructing new worlds and the contributions that immigrations make to American life.\" - Patty Heyda, author of Radical Atlas of Ferguson, USA and Professor at Washington University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An engaging personal story embedded in the history of our time. Krieger's recounting of youthful travels across nations, adaptations to cultures, and his contributions to American civic life are framed by a keen awareness of place and context.\" - Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Partner at DPZ CoDESIGN, Malcolm Matheson and Professor at University of Miami\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Greenhorn is fascinating, timely and hopeful. It has evoked parallels between Krieger's journey and my own. Each able to acquire a version of that \"American Dream\" for their families, something both wish attainable for all Americans.\" - Kairos Shen, Chief of Planning, Boston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From wide-eyed immigrant to clear-eyed professor. This memoir of a life's work is filled with shock and wonder at what we can do; it has a big heart full of wisdom and hope.\" - Anthony C Murphy, author of And Other Days of Nothing Much and The House of Murph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Krieger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798901743010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atmosphere Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Alex Krieger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997956321535,"sku":"9798901743010","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/greenhorn-alex-krieger-9798901743010","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}