{"product_id":"invitation-to-the-north-von-hermann-tietgen","title":"Invitation to The North","description":"\u003cp\u003eA man with a recent degree in Agriculture from the University of Berlin, Hermann came to Canada in 1930 to escape inflation and lack of jobs in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chance encounter led him to the North and a job prospecting for gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe fell in love with the North like so many others had done before him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1939 the declaration of war against Germany stopped all searches for gold in the North.  Suddenly other minerals were more important.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis brought all the gold prospectors to Edmonton from the North and there were many more men than jobs.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermann, his wife, and little daughter moved 'back' to Montreal where he was hoping to find a job.  Fortunately, through a friend of a friend, he did land a job at an alloy-producing plant in Beauharnois, Quebec near Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first job was as a 'stoker' on a platform above the huge vats of molten metal, stirring the mass which would be used to make armoured steel for vehicles and tanks, for the Canadian Armed Forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe worked at St. Lawrence Alloys as a Stores Keeper and then as the Purchasing Agent, until he retired in 1968.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe died in 1970, never having returned to the North which he loved so well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is his story in his own words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781039142244\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781039142244","offer_id":47141364105541,"sku":"9781039142244","price":34.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/9c7bb087-8471-467d-83a6-acff7adc98db.jpg?v=1779508993","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/invitation-to-the-north-von-hermann-tietgen","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}