Messengers of the Lost Battalion: The Heroic 551st and the Turning of the Tide at the Battle of the Bulge - Couverture rigide

Orfalea, Gregory

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0684828049 ISBN 13 : 9780684828046

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Following his father's tragic death, American poet and historian Gregory Orfalea journeyed to France to attend the first reunion of his father's World War II infantry battalion, the ill-fated 551st. What he found was a compelling and unsolved mystery: why was the 551st sent to its destruction in a futile assault on Rochelinval during the Battle of the Bulge, and why has this heroic unit's memory been all but erased from military history? Orfalea explores this mystery, and the result goes beyond recovering a crucial chapter in the annals of World War II. Through its characters, narration of dramatic and deadly action, and reconstruction of the period and its mores, this work seeks to recover a deeper moral and cultural reality - the lost legacy of that generation's understanding of manhood and heroism.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Gregory Orfalea was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and educated at Georgetown University and the University of Alaska. He has held teaching positions at Georgetown, The Claremont Colleges, and at Westmont College. Orfalea is the author and editor of eight books, the most recent of which are the short story collection The Man Who Guarded the Bomb and Angeleno Days, which won the 2010 Arab American Book Award and has been named a Finalist for the PEN USA Award in Creative Nonfiction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0684828049
• ISBN 13: 9780684828046
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible