Behind Nazi Lines
My Father's Heroic Quest to Save 149 World War II POWs
Riveting and action-packed…[Behind Nazi Lines] shows how one brave American Red Cross volunteer negotiated the release of 149 Allied POWs. A great read.-Marcus Brotherton, author of Shifty's WarIn 1944, hundreds of Allied soldiers were trapped in the prisoner-of-war camps off the Atlantic coast of occupied France. Miraculously, local villagers smuggled a message from the camp to the Allied forces-sparking a remarkable quest by an unlikely hero.Excluded from military service due to a football injury, Andy Hodges joined the Red Cross and, in the fall of 1944, was tapped for what sounded like a suicide mission: a desperate attempt to aid the All…
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Weitere Autoren: George, Denise
- ISBN: 978-0-425-27647-1
- EAN: 9780425276471
- Produktnummer: 19149867
- Verlag: Penguin Putnam
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 368 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.4 cm x D3.0 cm 408 g
- Gewicht: 408
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Andrew G. Hodges, Jr., M.D., is the firstborn son of World War II hero Andrew Gerow Hodges. He is a psychiatrist in private practice and has served as assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Dr. Hodges has helped pioneer a breakthrough to the brilliant unconscious mind, which he explained in his groundbreaking book, The Deeper Intelligence. Criminal investigators and journalists have sought Hodges' expertise as a forensic profiler in cases ranging from the murder of JonBenét Ramsey to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. He is also the author of Jesus: An Interview Across Time (A Psychiatrist Looks at His Humanity)-a fascinating portrait of Jesus as man and God. Dr. Hodges lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with his family.Denise George is an author, teacher, and speaker. She has written or cowritten twenty-seven books, including The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister; While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement; and The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill: The Untold Story of Arthur Shores and His Family's Fight for Civil Rights. Her work has been published in numerous magazines, journals, and newspapers. She is married to author Dr. Timothy George and lives in Birmingham, Alabama.
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