33 days : a memoir
Werth, Léon, 1878-19552015
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This title provides a rare eyewitness account of fleeing the Nazis march on Paris in 1940. This is the first ever English publication of French author Léon Werth. Restored here with the original introduction, long thought to be lost, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, '33 days' is Werth's memoir of l'exode (the exodus) during the fall of France to the Nazi forces. With poetic economy and journalistic precision, Werth recounts his experiences as one of the estimated 8 million civilians who fled the advancing German army's invasion of France.
Main title:
33 days : a memoir / Léon Werth ; introduced by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ; translated by Austin D. Johnson.
Imprint:
New York : Melville House, 2015.
Collation:
224 pages ; 21 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781612194257 (pbk)
Dewey class:
848.9'1209BWERB/WER
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
2115180
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