Prague winter: a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948
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From former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright comes a moving and thoughtful memoir of her formative years in Czechoslovakia during the tumult of Nazi occupation, World War II, fascism, and the onset of the Cold War.
Albright, Madeleine Korbel -- Family.
Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1938-1945.
Jewish families -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Biography.
Prague (Czech Republic) -- Biography.
Prague (Czech Republic) -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Czech Republic -- Prague.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia.
Notes
Albright, M. K., & Woodward, W. (2012). Prague winter: a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948. 1st HarperLuxe ed. New York, HarperLuxe.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Albright, Madeleine Korbel and William Woodward. 2012. Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948. New York, HarperLuxe.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Albright, Madeleine Korbel and William Woodward, Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948. New York, HarperLuxe, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Albright, Madeleine Korbel. and William Woodward. Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948. 1st HarperLuxe ed. New York, HarperLuxe, 2012.
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100 | 1 | |a Albright, Madeleine Korbel. | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Prague winter :|b a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948 |c Madeleine Albright ; with Bill Woodward. |
250 | |a 1st HarperLuxe ed. | ||
260 | |a New York :|b HarperLuxe,|c c2012. | ||
300 | |a xiii, 730 p. (large print) :|b ill., maps ;|c 23 cm. | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-719) | ||
505 | 0 | |a Setting out -- Pt. 1: Before March 15, 1939. An unwelcome guest ; Tales of Bohemia ; The competition ; The linden tree ; A favorable impression ; Out from behind the mountains ; "We must go on being cowards" ; A hopeless task -- Part two: April 1939-April 1942. Starting over ; Occupation and resistance ; The lamps go out ; The irresistible force ; Fire in the sky ; The alliance comes together ; The crown of Wenceslas -- Pt. 3: May 1942-April 1945. Day of the assassins ; Auguries of genocide ; Terezin ; The bridge too far ; Cried-out eyes ; Doodlebugs and gooney birds ; Hitler's end -- Pt. 4: May 1945-November 1948. No angels ; Unpatched ; A world big enough to keep us apart ; A precarious balance ; Struggle for a nation's soul ; A failure to communicate ; The fall ; Sands through the hour-glass -- The next chapter -- Guide to personalities -- Time lines. | |
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