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All the frequent troubles of our days : the true story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler  Cover Image Book Book

All the frequent troubles of our days : the true story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler

Donner, Rebecca (author.).

Summary: "Part biography, part political thriller, part scholarly detective story that draws on letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, and other documents, this true story chronicles the life and brutal death of Mildred Harnack, the American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups in Germany."--Provided by the publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780316561693
  • Physical Description: xiv, 560 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-548) and index.
Awards Note:
Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction, shortlist 2022.
Subject: Harnack-Fish, Mildred -- 1902-1943
Rote Kapelle (Resistance group)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Germany -- Biography
Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany -- Biography
Espionage -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century
Executions and executioners -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Americans -- Germany -- Biography
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Bowen Island Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Bowen Island Public Library 943.086 DON (Text) 30947000631115 Non Fiction Volume hold Available -

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