
My father's secret war : a memoir / Lucinda Franks
In this memoir, journalist Lucinda Franks describes her quest to learn to know her father. During World War II Thomas Franks served as spy in the Third Reich. In 1945 he was among the first soldiers into Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald near the town of Gotha, Germany. As Tom's dementia prog...
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Main Authors: | Franks, Lucinda (Author) |
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Formato: | Livro |
Idioma: | English |
Publicado em: | New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion, 2007 |
Edição: | 1st ed |
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Resumo: | In this memoir, journalist Lucinda Franks describes her quest to learn to know her father. During World War II Thomas Franks served as spy in the Third Reich. In 1945 he was among the first soldiers into Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald near the town of Gotha, Germany. As Tom's dementia progresses, Lucinda gathers fragments of his memories in order to understand her father and his secrets |
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Descrição Física: | viii, 311 p 25 cm |
ISBN: | 140135226X 9781401352264 |