HESCH HISTORY: A new book!

This branch of the Austrian Hesch family is descended from Johann Hesch and his wife Marya (Schlinz) Hesch, who came to America from Oberschlagles, Bohemia with three sons: Paul, Mathias, and Anton. +++Johann & Marya settled in Buffalo County, Wisconsin but moved to Pierz, Mn in about 1885. .+++Mathias settled in Waumandee, Wisconsin and moved to Pierz in 1911. +++Anton never married but farmed with his dad in Agram Township, where he died in 1911.+++And Paul, my great grandfather, settled five miles away, in Buckman, Minnesota. He died there in 1900.

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

A new book!

Woohoo! I'm sure you remember Amy Thielen, James Beard award-winner and Adeline's granddaughter? Here's her brand new book, and she writes even better than her great-grandpa Math Hesch 😊). Here's her intro from Facebook:

"It's here! It's pretty--deckle edge! And just a little menacing--all those knives! It's migrating all over my house, spawning like pink gremlins, and I am so happy! If you like stories about fine dining brigades, and heavy metal line cooks, and warehouse squats, and lonesome farmers who drink beer for breakfast, and backwoods hippie life, and head cheese and well-pounding projects, oh, and bleach, butter, bread, and why the hell after moving on you should ever move back home, then this book's for you. On sale everywhere May 16, but preorders get it to you quicker. Thank you to my family for enduring me as I wrote this book, and thank you to all the people in it who--one way or another--altered my course. So proud to know you".

Pretty proud to claim YOU too, Amy!