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Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Description
"En la noche del 24 al 25 de julio de 1938, durante la batalla del Ebro, 2.890 hombres y 14 mujeres de la XI Brigada Mixta del eǰrcito de la Rep͠blica cruzan el r̕o para establecer la cabeza de puente de Castellets del Segre, donde combatir̀n durante diez d̕as. Sin embargo, ni Castellets, ni la XI Brigada, ni las tropas que se le enfrentan en L̕nea de fuego existieron nunca. Las unidades militares, los lugares y los personajes que en esta novela...
Author
Language
English
Description
"When America entered World War II in 1941, [it] faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books and caused fearful citizens to hide or destroy many more. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops and gathered 20 million hardcover donations. In 1943, the War Department and the publishing industry stepped in with an extraordinary program: 120 million small, lightweight paperbacks, for troops to carry...
Author
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The author of The Grapes of Wrath (published in 1939) kept writing for close to three decades. At the age of 64, at the end of 1966, he put on combat boots, went to Vietnam, and wrote a series of essays for Newsday over the course of about six months. Barden (English, U. of Toledo) investigated holdings at four primary source archives to assemble this surprising and enlightening selection of writings. His introductory essay and notes support the contents...
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