Twice Pioneers by Irvin M. Schmidt

Twice Pioneers is the history of twenty-six families that emigrated from Germany to Russian and finally to North Dakota. Laced with Russia, United States, and North Dakota histories, this book is not only a great read, but a well-organized reference for genealogists. Military history buffs will enjoy reading about a U.S. Marine who survived the Bataan Death March but who died in a Japanese prison in 1943 and a member of the U.S. Navy who was killed at Pearl Harbor in 1941.