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Why Did Jacob Kowalski take so long to Return to America? • Essay

Posted January 6, 2019 by William Silvester in Essays

One of the lines from “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” that has always bothered me was Jacob Kowalski’s statement that “I only got back in ’24.” “From Europe…I was part of the Expeditionary Forces there.” The First World War ended in November 1918. Why did it take Jacob… Read More