Robert Mackel

The Adventures of Young Roby Robert Mackel

The "Adventures of Young Roby" is a memoir that consists of mostly light-hearted tales and sketches from the author's youth growing up on a farm in the small European country of Luxembourg, in the post World War II era (i.e. nineteen-forties to -sixties). The memoir continues through the author's student days in Germany and Switzerland. The narrative is broken up in a description of the atmosphere and environment that the author grew up in; his adventures on the farm; anecdotes from his teenage years; and from his twenties, as a university student. The story-telling ends with the author's arrival in New York City in 1972. An epilogue highlights his impressions of the U. S.