On burning ground : a son's memoir / Michael Skakun.
On burning ground : a son's memoir / Michael Skakun.
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Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N940.5318092/S626.3/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
235 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue I: Winter 1999 -- Prologue II: Fall 1944 -- Ch. 1. Death Selection in Novogrudek -- Ch. 2. Escape Plans -- Ch. 3. Into the Forest -- Ch. 4. Across the Nieman -- Ch. 5. Entry into Lida and Vilna -- Ch. 6. Sojourn in Sorok Tatar -- Ch. 7. Border Crossing to Berlin -- Ch. 8. Blood and Soil --...
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Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Weaving philosophical meditations into his father's horrific wartime story, Michael Skakun offers a personal, yet epic, account of war and bloodshed, of unspeakable cruelty and unnameable crimes. With remarkable insight, Skakun uncovers a profound locus of experience, the twinning of fear and identity, as well as the complex and tortured relationsh...
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On burning ground : a son's memoir / Michael Skakun.
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N940.5318092/S626.3/1
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74VvrLNpOVE3
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ISBN
031220566X
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940.5318092
MMS ID
991011339599702626
