My War
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2000
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Publicaffairs ed.
PublicAffairs,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-58648-010-3 (ISBN)
PublicAffairs,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-58648-010-3 (ISBN)
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This is the author's coming of age memoir as both reporter and man during World War II. He flew bomber missions, arrived in France during the D-Day invasion, crossed the Rhine with the Allied forces, travelled to Paris for the Liberation, and witnessed the discovery of Hitler's concentration camp.
Rooney's vivid, poignant memoir of coming of age as a reporter and as a man during World War II--a story featured in The Greatest Generation--now in a beautiful hardcover gift edition. . A great story and a first hand account of one man's role in history, My War is a wise, moving memoir from one of America's most engaging personalities. As a nave, young correspondent for The Stars and Stripes during World War II, Andy Rooney flew bomber missions, arrived in France during the D-Day invasion and crossed the Rhine with the Allied forces, traveled to Paris for the Liberation, and, as one of the first reporters into Buchenwald, witnessed the discovery of Hitler's concentration camps. Like so many of his generation, Rooney's life was changed forever by the war. Tom Brokaw featured Rooney's experiences in The Greatest Generation . Now, for the millions of readers who would like to know the whole story, Rooney's own "thoughtful, witty, and moving memoir" ( Chicago Tribune ), illustrated throughout with evocative black-and-white photographs, is now available again in a beautiful hardcover edition, perfect for holiday gift giving.
And in a new chapter, written especially for this edition, Rooney reflects on America's renewed interest in World War II, and why that war was so important to those who served in it.
Rooney's vivid, poignant memoir of coming of age as a reporter and as a man during World War II--a story featured in The Greatest Generation--now in a beautiful hardcover gift edition. . A great story and a first hand account of one man's role in history, My War is a wise, moving memoir from one of America's most engaging personalities. As a nave, young correspondent for The Stars and Stripes during World War II, Andy Rooney flew bomber missions, arrived in France during the D-Day invasion and crossed the Rhine with the Allied forces, traveled to Paris for the Liberation, and, as one of the first reporters into Buchenwald, witnessed the discovery of Hitler's concentration camps. Like so many of his generation, Rooney's life was changed forever by the war. Tom Brokaw featured Rooney's experiences in The Greatest Generation . Now, for the millions of readers who would like to know the whole story, Rooney's own "thoughtful, witty, and moving memoir" ( Chicago Tribune ), illustrated throughout with evocative black-and-white photographs, is now available again in a beautiful hardcover edition, perfect for holiday gift giving.
And in a new chapter, written especially for this edition, Rooney reflects on America's renewed interest in World War II, and why that war was so important to those who served in it.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.10.2000 |
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| Zusatzinfo | b&w photographs |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 638 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-58648-010-3 / 1586480103 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-58648-010-3 / 9781586480103 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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