The Boys of Winter

Life and Death in the U.S. Ski Troops During the Second World War

von Charles J. Sanders

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Boys of Winter tells the true story of three young American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and fateful transformation from athletes to infantrymen with the 10th Mountain Division. Charles J. Sanders's fast-paced narrative draws on dozens of interviews and extensive research to trace these boys' lives from childhood to championships and from training at Mount Rainier and in the Colorado Rockies to battling against the Nazis.

• Reihe: University Press of Colorado
• ISBN: 9780870818233
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.07.2005
• Größe: 231 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Univ of Chicago behalf of UP Colorado