Xa u-Arthur Frommers epapasha iYurophu ngeeDola ezintlanu ngosuku ngo-1957, waqalisa uguqulo lwehlabathi lokhenketho nokhenketho, esenza ukuba ukhenketho oluninzi lufikeleleke.
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathandathu kamva, umshicileli we-Arthur Frommer wapapasha iincwadi zesikhokelo ezingaphezu kwama-350 kwaye wathengisa iikopi ezizigidi ezingama-75.
Intombi yakhe, uPauline Frommer, sele ebhale iincwadi ezili-130 kwaye eququzelele unomathotholo wakhe odibeneyo: "Umboniso wokuHamba."
U-Arthur Frommer wazalelwa eLynchburg, eVirginia, ngoJulayi 17, 1929. Usweleke kule veki ngoNovemba 18, eneminyaka engama-95 ubudala.
Abazali bakhe babengamaYuda asuka ePoland naseOstriya. Bahlala kwisiXeko saseJefferson, eMissouri, ngaphambi kokuba bafudukele kwisiXeko saseNew York xa wayeneminyaka eyi-14. Wafunda kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo i-Erasmus Hall eBrooklyn kwaye wasebenza njengenkwenkwe yeofisi kwiNewsweek.
U-Arthur wafumana isidanga sesayensi yezopolitiko kwiYunivesithi yaseNew York. KwiSikolo soMthetho saseYale, apho waphumelela khona ngo-1953, wayengumhleli weYale Law Journal.
Wabhala incwadi yakhe yokuqala, ka-1955 ethi, “Isikhokelo seGI sokuHamba eYurophu,” ngelixa wayesebenza eBerlin kwicandelo lobuntlola loMkhosi wase-US. Emva kokubuyela eNew York, wajoyina inkampani yomthetho kaPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, enye yeefemu zokuqala "ezimhlophe" zokuqesha amaYuda kunye neeNtlanga.
Kangangeminyaka emininzi, iincwadi zesikhokelo zikaFrommers zenze kufutshane ne-25% yazo zonke izikhokelo zokuhamba ezithengiswa eUnited States.
Ngo-1977, wathengisa uphawu kuSimon & Schuster; ngo-2013, wayithenga kwakhona kuGoogle, eyayifumene kunyaka ongaphambili.
Kumdlalo ohlekisayo wolutsha luka-2004 “i-EuroTrip,” umdlali odlala u-Fromer udibana neqela labahambi abancinci abebesebenzisa isikhokelo sika-Fromer kulo lonke imuvi kwaye unikezela ngomsebenzi koyena mntu uzinikeleyo kule ncwadi. Kangangeminyaka, abathandi befilimu babecinga ukuba Umlinganiswa waseBritani yayinguFrommer ngokwakhe. U-Frommer wanikwa i-cameo kodwa wayikhaba ngenxa yeemfuno zokucwangcisa.
Ngo-2011, waya kwindawo awazalelwa kuyo unina eLomza, ePoland, apho wafumana khona ilitye lengcwaba likayisemkhulu kwaye wafunda ngakumbi ngobomi bamaJuda obudlamkileyo apho ngaphambi kokuBulawa Kwabantu Ngenkohlakalo.
Uthi: “Ubomi bam bonke, ndandisiva amabali ngendlela iPoland eyayiyoyikeka ngayo nendlela izalamane zam ezazivuya ngayo ukuyishiya. “Xa wawulapho, wabona elinye icala. Babeneendawo zokuhlala ezidlamkileyo, iitempile ezintle namaphandle achumileyo. Okwesihlandlo sokuqala, ndiye ndabona ukuba balahlekelwe yinto ethile ngokuhamba.”
Uqhawule umtshato noHope Arthur kwaye ushiyelwe ngumfazi wakhe wesibini, uRoberta Brodfeld, intombi yakhe uPauline, abantwana abangamantombazana uTracie Holder noJill Holder, kunye nabazukulwana abane.
Intombi yakhe uPauline yabhala frommers.com :
Kulusizi olukhulu xa ndibhengeza ubawo, u-Arthur Frommer, umseki weencwadi zesikhokelo zika-Fromer kunye ne-Frommers.com, usweleke namhlanje eneminyaka engama-95, esekhaya kwaye engqongwe ngabantu abathandayo.
Kubo bonke ubomi bakhe obumangalisayo, u-Arthur Frommer wenza uhambo lwedemokhrasi, ebonisa abantu baseMelika abaphakathi ukuba nabani na angakwazi ukuhamba ngokubanzi kwaye aliqonde ngcono ihlabathi. Upapashe uguqulo lwaseYurophu nge-5 yeedola ngosuku, eyokuqala kuthotho lwencwadi yesikhokelo ka-Fromer esaqhubeka nokupapashwa namhlanje.
Wayengumbhali ophum' izandla, umabonakude kunye nonomathotholo, kunye nesithethi. Ngo-1997, wayengumhleli osungula i-Frommers.com, enye yeendawo zokuqala zolwazi lwedijithali kwihlabathi.
