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Women heroes of World War II : 26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue
Audience Youth 0-15 years
Published by Chicago Review Press, Chicago
ISBN 9781556529610
Bib Id 1479085
Copyright 2011
Edition 1st ed.
Description 266 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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2010-041830
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9781556529610 (hbk.) : $19.95
1556529619
9781613745236 (pbk.) : $12.95
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940.5485 A
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Women heroes of World War II : 26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue
Edition
1st ed.
Copyright Date
2011
Description
266 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Sophie Scholl : the White Rose -- Maria von Maltzan : the countess who hid Jews -- Irene Gut : only a young girl -- Irena Sendler : life in a jar -- Stefania Podgorska : the teen who hid thirteen -- Marie-Madeleine Fourcade : only a woman -- Andrée Virot : Agent Rose -- Josephine Baker : spy singer -- Magda Trocmé : wife, mother, teacher, rescuer -- Diet Eman : courier for the Dutch resistance -- Hannie Schaft : the symbol of the resistance -- Johtje Vos : a group effort -- Corrie ten Boom : watchmaker, rescuer, reconciler -- Andrée de Jongh : the comet line -- Hortense Daman : partisan courier -- Fernande Keufgens : the teen with the bold voice -- Monica Wichfeld : heroine of the Danish resistance -- Ebba Lund : the girl with the red cap -- Noor Inayat Khan : royal spy -- Nancy Wake : the white mouse -- Pearl Witherington : the courier who became a leader -- Virginia Hall : the greatest American spy -- Muriel Phillips : U.S. Army nurse -- Marlene Dietrich : the only important thing -- Maria Gulovich : Slovak for the OSS -- Martha Gellhorn : war correspondent.
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