Pismo poznatom američkom autoru Eriku Larsonu
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- Objavljeno: Subota, 14 Listopad 2017 19:03
Erik Larson
Žalostno je da sa svim ovim lako dokučivim informacijama, izgleda da većina američkih političara i pisaca, kao što ste vi, njih bi rađe nazivala Talijanima, Srbima, Austrijancima, Mađarima, čak i Marsovcima, nego Hrvatima.
October 7, 2017
Mr. Erik Larson
c/o David Black Literary Agency
335 Adams street, Suite 2710
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Dear Mr. Larson
While reading your book “Isaac’s Storm”, I was greatly impressed with your detailed account of the devastating hurricane which at the beginning of the last century destroyed Galveston.
On every page I found your descriptions of human suffering and personal accounts of survivors magnificently narrated, and well documented.
That is, until I got to page 266.
In your notes at the end of the book, you write: “I approached the problem the way the paleontologist approaches a collection of bones....”. Yet, on page 266 you wrote: “On January 10, 1901, a crew working for an Italian immigrant named Antonio Francisco Lucich, self named Tony Lucas, ran for their lives as thunder roared from their drill tower....”.
This statement is completely false, and it casts a shadow on your claims of your painstaking research and diligent quest for the truth in compiling the information for your book. If you had taken just a few moments to browse the internet, you would have found the following information which would prove to you that Anthony Lučić was not Italian any more than you are.
Anthony Francis Lucas (born Antun Lučić; September 9, 1855 – September 2, 1921) was a Croatian-born oil explorer. With Pattillo Higgins he organized the drilling of an oil well near Beaumont, Texas that became known as Spindletop. This led to the widespread exploitation of oil and the start of the petroleum age. Lucas was born into a Croatian family of shipbuilders and owners in the city of Split, Croatia).
It will be fitting, and we believe necessary, at this point to quote the direct words spoken by the late Anthony Francis. He tells how he left the navy, how he came to the United States, and how he came to be known as Lucas instead of Lucic. From an interview with this great man, only a few years before his death, we quote: "I entered the Austrian navy as a midshipman and was promoted to second lieutenant. At that time an unpleasant incident made me very much dissatisfied with the rigor of the service, perhaps because of my Croatian origin, so that I was glad to accept an invitation to pay a visit to an uncle of mine in this country. For that purpose, I obtained a six months' leave of absence and came to the United States. That was in 1879, when I was twenty-four years old. My father's name was Lucic-Luchich. The reason of the change was that when I came to America on a visit to my uncle, my father's brother, as I have stated, I found my uncle had adopted the name of Lucas, owing to the difficulty that Americans had in spelling and pronouncing Luchich. So, for the time, expecting to remain only three or four months, I permitted myself to be addressed as Lucas. When I decided to reside in the United States I retained this modification of the name."
Nikola Tesla, scientist and inventor, born in Croatia 1856, Rudjer Boskovic, philosopher and scientist, born in Dubrovnik, Vladimir Prelog, Nobel prize in chemistry, 1975,
Lavoslav Ruzicka, Nobel prize in chemistry, 1939, Andrija Mohorovicic 1857-1936, seismologist, discovered the 'Moho' discontinuity named after him, Jacob Matijevic, Ph.D - NASA engineer, George M. Skurla, aeronautical engineer for the Apollo program, Director of Operations at the Kennedy Space Center, former president of the Grumman Corporation, and many other inventors, engineers, chemists, mathematicians, and world renowned scientists, were Croatian.
It is unfortunate that with all this readily-available information, it seems that most American politicians and writers, such as yourself, would rather call them Italians, Serbs, Austrians, Hungarians, and even Martians, than Croatians.
Otherwise, the book is extremely well-written, and very informative.
Sincerely yours,
Zvonimir R. Dosen
Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
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Dragi gospodine Larson,
Čitajući vašu knjigu “Isakova Oluja” bio sam uvelike impresioniran vašim detaljnim opisom razornog ciklona koji je na početku prošloga stoljeća uništio Galveston (grad u Texasu).
Na svakoj stranici primjetio sam da su vaš opis ljudske patnje i osobni izkazi preživjelih sjajno prikazani i vrlo dobro dokumentirani.
To jest, dok nisam došao do 266. stranice.
U vašim bilježkama na kraju knjige vi pišete: “Prišao sam problemu onako kako paleontolog prilazi zbirki kostiju...”. A na 266. stranici pišete: “Na 10. siječnja 1901. grupa koja je radila za talijanskog imigranta po imenu Antonio Francisko Lucich, samozvani Toni Lucas, bila je, kako bi spasila život, prisiljena bježati od grmljavine koja je odjeknula u njihovoj kuli za bušenje (bunara nafte, nap. a.)...”.
Ovaj vaš navod je podpuno pogrešan i on baca sjenu na vaše tvrdnje o vašem pomnom iztraživanju i revnom pretraživanju istine u kompilaciji informacija za vašu knjigu.
Da ste uzeli samo nekoliko momenata da pogledate na internet, vi bi našli sliedeću informaciju koja bi vas uvjerila da Ante Lučić nije bio Talijan ništa više nego ste vi.
Anthony Francis Lucas (rođen Antun Lučić; 9. rujna 1855. - (umro) 2. rujna 1921.) bio je iztraživač nafte rođen u Hrvatskoj. S Pattillom Hogginsom on je organizirao bušenje bunara nafte u blizini Beaumonta u Teksasu, koji je poznat kao Spindletop. Ovo je dovelo do širokog iztraživanja nafte i postalo početak doba petroleja. Lucas je rođen u hrvatskoj obitelji brodograditelja i vlastnika u gradu Splitu u Hrvatskoj.
Biti će dostojno, i vjerujemo potrebno, da ovdje citiramo direktne rieči koje je izgovorio pokojni Anthony Francis. On ovdje kaže kako je napustio mornaricu, kako je došao u Ujedinjene Države i kako je postao poznat kao Lukas umjesto Lučić.
Iz interviewa s ovim velikim čovjekom, samo nkoliko godine prije njegove smrti, citiramo:
“Stupio sam u Austrijsku mornaricu kao mlađi dočasnik i bio sam promoviran u poručnika. U to vrieme jedan neugodan incident učinio me vrlo nezadovoljnim strogošću ove službe, možda radi moga hrvatskog podrietla, tako da sam radostno primio poziv da posjetim svoga strica u ovoj zemlji. Za tu svrhu, dobio sam šestomjesečni dopust i došao u Ujedinjene Države. To je bilo 1879. kada sam bio star 24 godine. Ime (prezime) moga otca bilo je Lucic-Lučić. Razlog za promjenu bio je, kada sam došeao u Ameriku posjetiti moga strica, brata moga otca, kako sam rekao, vidio sam da je moj stric uzeo prezime Lukas, radi potežkoća koje su Amerikanci imali s izgovaranjem Lučić.
Tako, u to vrieme, misleći da ću ostati samo tri ili četiri mjeseca, dozvolio sam si da me zovu Lukas. Kada sam se odlučio nastaniti u Ujedinjenim Državama zadržao sam ovu promjenu imena.”
Nikola Tesla, znanstvenik i izumitelj, rođen u Hrvatskoj 1856., Ruđer Bošković, filozof i znanstvenik, rođen u Dubrovniku, Vladimir Prelog, dobitnik Nobelove nagrade 1975. u kemiji, Lavoslav Ružička, Nobelova nagrada u kemiji 1939., Andrija Mohorovičić 1857.- 1936., seismolog, odkrio ‘Moho’ diskontinuitet koji nosi njegovo ime, Jakov Matijević, Ph.D inženjer u NASA, George Skurla, inženjer aeronautike za Apolo program, direktor operacija na Kennedy Space Centru i predsjednik Gruman korporacije i mnogi drugi izumitelji, matematičari i u svietu glasoviti znanstvenici, bili su Hrvati.
Žalostno je da sa svim ovim lako dokučivim informacijama, izgleda da većina američkih političara i pisaca, kao što ste vi, njih bi rađe nazivala Talijanima, Srbima, Austrijancima, Mađarima, čak i Marsovcima, nego Hrvatima.
Inače, knjiga je sjajno napisana i vrlo je informativna.
Za Dom Spremni!
Zvonimir R. Došen
