So close to freedom : a World War II story of peril and betrayal in the Pyrenees /
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Author / Creator: | Cartron, Jean-Luc E., author. |
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Imprint: | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019] ©2019 |
Description: | 1 online resource. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12284343 |
Other authors / contributors: | Stanton, Roger, writer of foreword. |
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ISBN: | 9781640121775 1640121773 9781640121027 1640121021 9781640121751 (epub) 9781640121768 (mobi) |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 4, 2019). |
Summary: | "Drawing on government and private World War II archives, Cartron gives the first detailed account of the only failed mission of the smuggler Charbonnier--when 29 Allied soldiers in a group of 35 were captured on their way to freedom over the French Pyrenees."--Provided by publisher. |
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