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Author:

Franks, Lucinda.

Title:

My father's secret war : a memoir / Lucinda Franks.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Hyperion,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

viii, 311 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Franks, Thomas Edward.
Franks, Lucinda.
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States.
Spies--United States--Biography.
Fathers and daughters--United States.

Notes:

"Miramax books."

Summary:

In this memoir, journalist Lucinda Franks describes her quest to learn know her father. During World War II Thomas Franks served as spy in the Third Reich. In 1945 he was among the first soldiers into Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald near the town of Gotha, Germany. As Tom's dementia progresses, Lucinda gathers fragments of his memories in order to understand her father and his secrets.

LCCN:

2007061178

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

FJPC224 -- Elkader Public Library (Elkader)

NBPB943 -- Lehigh Public Library (Lehigh)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

TBPD706 -- Wilton Public Library (Wilton)