Author Karen Nix’s New Book “My Grandfather Was A Polar Bear” is a Fascinating Account of the Life of the Author’s Grandfather and His Service During WWI in Russia
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Buford, GA, November 01, 2024 --( PR.com )-- Karen Nix, a mother of three who holds a master’s degree in speech-language pathology and worked with children in the Gwinnett County School System in Lilburn, Georgia, has completed her new book “My Grandfather Was A Polar Bear”: a compelling biography that follows the life of the author’s grandfather, focusing on his time serving as a first lieutenant during World War I in the bitter cold of Russia as a Polar Bear in the US Army.“‘My Grandfather Was A Polar Bear’ centers on my grandfather Nines Simmons, who worked on the farm, attended school in a one-room schoolhouse, graduated from the University of Minnesota with a dental degree, and practiced dentistry in Harvey, North Dakota,” writes Nix. The ships couldn’t enter to bring them home, which caused them to stay almost another year.“This story follows his diary and is told by letters written between himself and his wife, Nana, his friends, and relatives. His role as a dentist included taking care of dental patients and traveling with the troops to battle, administering aid to the many soldiers who were injured fighting on the battlefield and in the trenches. They worked in sixty-degrees-below-zero weather to save many lives so they would heal and could go home to their families.“The story follows his move to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he was a well-known dentist and philanthropist. Newman Springs Publishing distributes to tens of thousands of retail outlets throughout North America and internationally.