Ngenkathi u-Arthur Frommers eshicilela i-Europe ngamadola amahlanu ngosuku ngo-1957, waqala uguquko lwezokuvakasha nokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, okwenza ezokuvakasha eziningi zithengeke.
Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisithupha kamuva, umshicileli wakwa-Arthur Frommer washicilela izincwadi zokuqondisa ezingaphezu kuka-350 futhi wathengisa amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-75.
Indodakazi yakhe, uPauline Frommer, isivele ibhale izincwadi eziyi-130 futhi yaphatha ngokuhlanganyela umsakazo wakhe odidiyelwe: “The Travel Show.”
U-Arthur Frommer wazalelwa eLynchburg, eVirginia, ngoJulayi 17, 1929. Ushone kuleli sonto ngoNovemba 18, eneminyaka engama-95.
Abazali bakhe babengamaJuda asuka ePoland nase-Austria. Babehlala eJefferson City, eMissouri, ngaphambi kokuthuthela eNew York City lapho eneminyaka engu-14. Wafunda e-Erasmus Hall High School eBrooklyn futhi wasebenza njengomfana wasehhovisi e-Newsweek.
U-Arthur uthole iziqu zesayensi yezepolitiki eNyuvesi yaseNew York. E-Yale Law School, aphothula kuso ngo-1953, wayengumhleli we-Yale Law Journal.
Wabhala imanuwali yakhe yokuqala, ka-1955 ethi “The GI’s Guide to Traveling in Europe,” ngesikhathi ekhonza eBerlin ophikweni lwezobunhloli lwezempi yase-US. Ngemva kokubuyela eNew York, wajoyina inkampani yabameli kaPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, enye yezinkampani zokuqala “ezinezicathulo ezimhlophe” ukuqasha amaJuda nabeZizwe.
Iminyaka eminingi, izincwadi zokuqondisa zika-Fromers zakha cishe ku-25% wazo zonke iziqondiso zokuhamba ezithengiswa e-United States.
Ngo-1977, wathengisa umkhiqizo kuSimon & Schuster; ngo-2013, wayithenga kabusha kwa-Google, eyayiyithole ngonyaka odlule.
Kumdlalo wamahlaya wentsha wango-2004 othi "EuroTrip," umlingisi odlala u-Fromer uhlangana neqembu labahambi abasha abebesebenzisa umhlahlandlela we-Fromer kuyo yonke ifilimu futhi unikeza umsebenzi kumuntu ozinikele kakhulu wale ncwadi. Iminyaka eminingi, ababukeli befilimu babecabanga ukuthi Umlingiswa waseBrithani kwakungu-Fromer ngokwakhe. U-Fromer wanikezwa i-cameo kodwa wenqaba ngenxa yezidingo zokuhlela.
Ngo-2011, waya endaweni okwazalelwa kuyo unina e-Lomza, ePoland, lapho athola khona itshe lengcwaba likamkhulu wakhe futhi wafunda okwengeziwe ngempilo yamaJuda enempilo lapho ngaphambi kokuQothulwa Kwesizwe.
“Impilo yami yonke, ngangike ngizwe izindaba ezimayelana nendlela iPoland eyayinyanye ngayo nendlela izihlobo zami ezazijabule ngayo ukuyishiya,” esho. “Njengoba ulapho, wabona olunye uhlangothi. Babenemiphakathi enempilo, amathempeli amahle, nezindawo zasemaphandleni ezivundile. Ngokokuqala ngqa, ngabona ukuthi balahlekelwe okuthile ngokuhamba.”
Wahlukanisa no-Hope Arthur futhi ushiye umkakhe wesibili, uRoberta Brodfeld, indodakazi yakhe uPauline, amadodakazi okutholwa uTracie Holder noJill Holder, nabazukulu abane.
Indodakazi yakhe uPauline yabhala frommers.com :
Kungokudabuka okukhulu lapho ngimemezela ukuthi ubaba, u-Arthur Frommer, umsunguli wezincwadi zokuqondisa zika-Fromer kanye ne-Frommers.com, ushone namuhla eneminyaka engu-95 ubudala, ekhaya futhi ezungezwe abathandekayo.
Kuyo yonke impilo yakhe emangalisayo, u-Arthur Frommer wenza uhambo lwentando yeningi, ebonisa abantu baseMelika abavamile ukuthi noma ubani angakwazi kanjani ukuhamba kabanzi futhi aqonde kangcono umhlaba. Ushicilele i-Europe yenguquko ngamadola angu-5 ngosuku, eyokuqala ochungechungeni lwencwadi yomhlahlandlela ka-Fromer esaqhubeka nokushicilelwa nanamuhla.
Ubengumbhali onekhono, umsakazi we-TV nomsakazo, nesipika. Ngo-1997, wayengumhleli ongumsunguli we-Frommers.com, enye yezingosi zokuqala zolwazi lohambo lwedijithali emhlabeni.
