The bridge at Andau : the compelling true story of a brave, embattled people
Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-19972015
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James A. Michener's classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse of a different kind of future - until, at four o'clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks ...
Main title:
The bridge at Andau : the compelling true story of a brave, embattled people / James A. Michener ; introduction by Steve Berry.
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Imprint:
New York : Dial, 2015.
Collation:
240 pages : map ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780812986747 (pbk)
Dewey class:
943.9052
LC class:
DB957
Language:
English
BRN:
1506801