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The Bridge At Andau
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Author : James A. Michener
language : en
Publisher: Dial Press
Release Date : 2014-03-18
The Bridge At Andau written by James A. Michener and has been published by Dial Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-18 with History categories.
The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future—until, at four o’clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for The Bridge at Andau “Precise, vivid . . . immeasurably stirring.”—The Atlantic Monthly “Dramatic, chilling, enraging.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Superb.”—Kirkus Reviews “Highly recommended reading.”—Library Journal
The Bridge At Andau
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Author : James Albert Michener
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
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Summary Of James A Michener S The Bridge At Andau
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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-07-16T22:59:00Z
Summary Of James A Michener S The Bridge At Andau written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-16T22:59:00Z with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 On October 23, 1956, a young man named Josef Toth went to work in the locomotive factory in Budapest. He was a handsome youth with a clear skin and a smile that was always ready. He wore cheap corduroy pants, a very cheap windbreaker with a zipper that rarely worked, and heavy, warm shoes. #2 When Josef Toth left the factory, he joined a group of young people who were trying to drive the AVO out of Hungary. #3 The students and young workers stopped a tank from taking away any more students. The workers who were repairing the tank looked down on the dead AVO man with silent disgust. #4 On October 23, 1989, students gathered outside Radio Budapest in Budapest to protest the government’s policies. The AVO began firing tear gas into the crowd, and when the students started throwing stones back, the AVO began shooting them.
The Bridge At Andau
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Author : James A. Michener
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
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The Bridge At Andau
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
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The Bridge At Andau 13th Printing
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Author : James Albert Michener
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
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The Bridge At Andau
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Author : James A. Michener
language : en
Publisher: Fawcett
Release Date : 1978-06-01
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Matecumbe
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Author : James A Michener
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2007-09-09
Matecumbe written by James A Michener and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-09 with Fiction categories.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener was in his sixties when he began traveling frequently to the Florida Keys. One result of those visits was the novel Matecumbe, named after two of the islands that comprise the town of Islamorada, located approximately half way between Miami and Key West. Never before published, Matecumbe features many of the hallmarks of Michener's best work, including detailed descriptions of place. However, the plot is much more intimate than that found in most of his large-scale, epic historical novels. Focusing on the parallel lives of a woman and her mother, both divorced, Michener spent his creative energy on character development and allegorical storytelling. Random House, his publisher, wasn't pleased, and wanted the mega-best-selling author to concentrate on producing "heavyweight" books like Hawaii and Centennial. Matecumbe seemed too much in the vein of his earlier romance novel, Sayonara. So it sat in a drawer until, eventually, Michener gifted it--including the copyright--to Joe Avenick, his friend and former ghostwriter. Avenick played a key role in the research and writing of Sports in America and Chesapeake, and introduced Michener to Melissa (Missy) DeMaio, who soon became the primary reason for Michener's increasingly frequent visits to the Keys. Biographers and critics have long agreed that Michener's personality and his characters were both affected by his relationship with DeMaio. As perhaps his most encompassing autobiographical novel, and the one written in the midst of these changes, Matecumbe provides what may be tantalizing glimpses into Michener's life.
Twelve Days
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Author : Victor Sebestyen
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 2010-11-25
Twelve Days written by Victor Sebestyen and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-25 with History categories.
The defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon) The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in suppressing a popular dream. A small nation, its people armed with a few rifles and petrol bombs, had the will and courage to rise up against one of the world's superpowers. The determination of the Hungarians to resist the Russians astonished the West. People of all kinds, throughout the free world, became involved in the cause. For 12 days it looked, miraculously, as though the Soviets might be humbled. Then reality hit back. The Hungarians were brutally crushed. Their capital was devastated, thousands of people were killed and their country was occupied for a further three decades. The uprising was the defining moment of the Cold War: the USSR showed that it was determined to hold on to its European empire, but it would never do so without resistance. From the Prague Spring to Lech Walesa's Solidarity and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the tighter the grip of the communist bloc, the more irresistible the popular demand for freedom.
Rascals In Paradise
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Author : James A. Michener
language : en
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Release Date : 2014-04-15
Rascals In Paradise written by James A. Michener and has been published by Dial Press Trade Paperback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-15 with Travel categories.
In a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A. Michener returns to the most dazzling place on Earth: the islands that inspired Tales of the South Pacific. Co-written with A. Grove Day, Rascals in Paradise offers portraits of ten scandalous men and women, some infamous and some overlooked, including Sam Comstock, a mutinous sailor whose delusions of grandeur became a nightmare; Will Mariner, a golden-haired youth who used his charm to win over his captors; and William Bligh, the notorious HMS Bounty captain who may not have been the monster history remembers him as. From lifelong buccaneers to lapsed noblemen, in Michener and Day’s capable hands these rogues become the stuff of legend. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Rascals in Paradise “The best book about those far-scattered islands that has appeared in a long time . . . a portfolio of rare and ruthless personalities that is calculated to make the curliest hair stand straight on end.”—The New York Times “[Combines] research and scholarship (A. Grove Day was a professor at the University of Hawaii) with a gift for spinning a yarn and depicting character (Michener, journalist and novelist, needs no introduction).”—Kirkus Reviews