EDGE OF DARKNESS by LYNNE GESSNER 1979 FIRST EDITION WDJ 1st PRINT WWII LATVIA

Description: EDGE OF DARKNESS by LYNNE GESSNER PUBLISHED by WALKER AND COMPANY 1979 FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING WITH A FULL NUMBER LINE 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 DUST JACKET IS A NEW CLEAR ACID-FREE PROTECTIVE COVER, JACKET STILL HAS ORIGINAL PRICE OF $8.95, JACKET HAS CHIPPING AT CORNERS AND SPINE TIPS AND PARTS OF EDGES WITH FEW TINY-SMALL PIECES OFF (SEE PICTURES), THERE ARE A FEW TEARS RANGING FROM 1/4" TO 1" WITH FEW CREASES, JACKET IS BASICALLY CLEAN WITH SOME MINOR SURFACE SCUFFS, SOME OF THE PICTURES HAVE GLARES FROM LIGHT BUT NOT OF THE JACKET THE BLACK COVER WITH CRISP GOLD LETTERING ON SPINE IS VERY-TIGHT AND SQUARE AND CLEAN WITH SOME MINOR RUBS AT CORNERS AND SPINE TIPS, THERE IS A SMALL 1/4" SIZE SOIL/STAIN AT BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF BACK COVER THE INSIDE BOARDS AND END PAGES ARE VERY-TIGHT AND CLEAN THE 179+ PAGES ARE VERY-TIGHT AND CLEAN ***** A SOLID AND SCARCE BOOK - SYNOPSIS: WHEN THE GERMAN SOLDIERS ROUTED THE RUSSIANS FROM LATVIA, DAVIDS AND HIS FAMILY EXULTED IN THEIR FREEDOM FROM THE DREADED NKVD. BUT NAZI OCCUPATION PROVED NO BETTER. SUBJECTED TO DEPRIVATIONS, CRUELTY, AND INJUSTICE ALMOST BEYOND ENDURANCE, DAVIDS LEARNED TO SURVIVE. AND TO FIGHT BACK. . . WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COUNTRY KNOWN AS LATVIA, AS WELL AS TO OTHER BALTIC COUNTRIES DURING WORLD WAR II, IS LITTLE KNOWN TO THE AVERAGE ENGLISH SPEAKING READER. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE PERIOD BETWEEN JUNNE, 1941, AND OCTOBER, 1944, WHEN LATVIA BECAME THE BATTLEGROUND OF TWO WORLD POWERS. IT IS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUNG FARM BOY, WHO IS TORTURED BY THE RUSSIAN SECRET POLICE TO FORCE HIM TO BETRAY HIS FATHER, THEN TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARING FOR HIS FAMILY AND DIRECTING THE WORK ON THE FARM. . . MOREW THANA DRAMATIC TALE OF WARTIME OCCUPATION, IT IS THE STORY OF COURAGE AND LOYALTY, OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, AND OF THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. . . ***** 3G8W11#133 I USUALLY SHIP WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED * PAYMENTS MANAGED BY EBAY * SHIPPING IS MEDIA MAIL, SECURELY PACKAGED * SHIPPING DISCOUNTS ON COMBINED ORDERS * PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS * THANK YOU

Price: 39.95 USD

Location: Windham, Maine

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