This book resurrects the Franz Alexanderian legacy, reminding his behemoth contributions and offers the reader with a deeply tender and touching portrait. It also considers his personal and professional life, the role of family in his decisions, and how those decisions affected other family members.
Series Editor’s Foreword -- Preface -- A journey to the past -- Life at the Palace -- The Great War and meeting nobility -- The Alexander children in the twentieth century -- Berlin: setting the stage for Chicago (with a brief stopover in Boston) -- Chicago and the time of his life -- Moving west, one last time -- My grandfather and me -- Epilogue: The family today -- Afterword
