Wholesale East of the East Side: A True Story by Christy Leskovar

A Slovenian peasant boy leaves his family’s farm. A dashing, Austrian musician performs for kings and queens in the great capitals of Europe. A tall, handsome young man finds himself stuck behind enemy lines when Austria and France go to war in 1914. A refugee lands at Ellis Island with only five francs in his pocket. A car painter becomes Butte, Montana’s Edsel dealer in the 1950s. What could they all have in common? They are all the same man, the author’s grandfather. Add in a Viennese kitchen maid who received funds from a mysterious benefactor and headed to America, a scrappy gold prospector who faces off with one of the most powerful men in Montana, and a young girl raised in a wild west saloon, and this true family tale is as riveting as the best fiction. This saga will strike a chord with readers. Brimming with excitement and drama, it is especially poignant for the connections it draws to the locales and intrigue of so many important historic events. * 464 pages * HC/dustjacket