Flaming Hearts

When Peter Huber the proprietor of a Bavarian corner newsstand wins a free trip to New York City in a magazine contest he is overjoyed Filled with romantic ideas from the movies his actual encounter with the gritty realities of the Big Apple are sobering Nonetheless he is in for the adventure of his life First he meets Karola Faber the German wife of a US GI who has found life in the States not all its cracked up to be she has left her husband and makes her living through prostitution Peter and Karola visit the local German emigré communitys Oktoberfest and win the festivals King and Queen crown Their prize is a cow which accompanies them on their further journeys in New York City