Scholars of Mayhem
My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France
The astonishing untold story of the author's father, the lone American on a 4-person SOE commando team dropped behind German lines in France, whose epic feats of irregular warfare proved vital in keeping Nazi tanks away from Normandy after D-Day.When Daniel Guiet was a child and his family moved country, as they frequently did, his father had one possession, a tin bread box, that always made the trip. Daniel was admonished never to touch the box, but one day he couldn't resist. What he found astonished him: a .45 automatic and five full clips; three slim knives; a length of wire with a wooden handle at each end; thin pieces of paper with rand…
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Weitere Autoren: Smith, Timothy K. / Fass, Robert
- ISBN: 978-1-984888-69-3
- EAN: 9781984888693
- Produktnummer: 28690417
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2080
- Gattung: Lesung (Hörbuch)
- Masse: 7 Ex.; 480 Min.
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DANIEL GUIET is the son of Jean Claude Guiet, who began his clandestine career as an embedded agent in occupied France during WWII. Daniel Guiet attended the University of Colorado and subsequently became the Associate Director of Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood. He later moved to Durango, Colorado, where he founded a number of businesses. He has two sons and three grandchildren. Daniel lives in Durango and Nevy-sur-Seille, Jura, France with his wife Carol. TIM SMITH has written and edited feature stories for periodicals for 40 years. He was the senior features editor at Fortune magazine, and before that he worked as a reporter and editor for the Wall Street Journal. A native New Yorker, he was educated at Brown University and the Sorbonne. He has three children and lives with his wife, Jennifer, on the Connecticut shore. He is a recipient of the Gerald Loeb career achievement award for editors.
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