That year, Lucas Andrich seized the right to speak for the Isar League in New York. This organization, which originated in Munich in the 19th century, spent a hundred years crawling out of the mud of Bavaria, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and finding new soil among the skyscrapers of Manhattan.
That year, as Lucas signed documents in his New York office, his hometown was tearing itself apart.
The story starts here, traces forward, and unfolds backwards.
This is a story about how the old world collapsed and the new world was built.
They lived from the Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression. Some people have left, some have gone, some have changed, and some have not changed from beginning to end. The relationship between them is like the Isar River - it originates from the same source, but branches as it flows. Some tributaries dry up, some merge into larger rivers and seas, and some go around in a big circle and flow back to their original place.
Some histories don't make it into books.
The river flows, people live, and the story continues.
That's enough.
Intention: Growth and Farewell