35 Moonshining in the Moonlight

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter iii
2. Table des matières vii
3. Prologue xiii
4. Introduction xv
5. Social Life in the Budapest Cafés in the 1920s and the Farkas Family Line 1
6. Strange Happenings 23
7. Jaunts into the Countryside 25
8. Malvina Tarnóczy 29
9. The Vineyard at Veresegyház 35
10. The Tragic Death of Henry O’Donnell 49
11. The World of Grandmother Eveline 55
12. The World of the Vicziáns 79
13. The World of the Child and the Servants 83
14. Uncle Rory and My Father Make a Deal 91
15. New Dwellers in the Old Manor House 93
16. My School Life 109
17. Gyuri Sághy Appears on the Scene 129
18. Romantic Encounters 143
19. Magnolias in the Moonlight and September in the Rain 147
20. My First Visit to the Gunda Farm 153
21. Champion du Mond 169
22. Illusion, Emotions, and the Coming of the Whirlwind 179
23. The Last Summer before the Siege 181
24. Hitler Occupies Hungary—Manhunt 195
25. In Transylvania 205
26. Homeward Bound 223
27. Autumn in the Vineyard 227
28. October 15, 1944— The Arrow Cross Grabs Power 229
29. Reminiscences 241
30. The Siege of Budapest and the End of Nazism 229
31. Vanished by the Danube 291
32. Home Again in the Old Manor House 303
33. “In the Meantime, Back at the Ranch . . .” and Our Daily Russian “Visitors” 307
34. Exploring Our Newfound Domain 317
35. Working the Land 319
36. Farewell to Logodi Street 323
37. Settling Down at the Old Homestead and a New Year’s Party 329
38. An Adventure in the Life of Szabolcs 333
39. Moonshining in the Moonlight 335
40. A Garden in the Rain 339
41. A Phony Peace (1946–1947) 341
42. Blue Skies Smiling at Us 349
43. The Fall of the House of Roediger 353
44. Liquidation of the Kulaks 359
45. Searches at the Ranch and Another Dreadful Year 381
46. The Red Army Wants Me 389
47. My Move to Buda 401
48. Haven for the Shipwrecked at the Old Manor House 409
49. Workers Unite! 415
50. A Budding Romance 421
51. My Life as a Rickshaw Man 431
52. Clouds on the Horizon 437
53. Revolutionaries Pull Down the Stalin Statue. Siege of the Studio. 439
54. Escape to the West 453
55. Journey to the New World on the U.S.N.S. Marine Carp 463
56. Epilogue 471
57. Acknowledgments 473