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Author:
Egremont, Max, 1948-
Title:
Forgotten land : journeys among the ghosts of East Prussia / Max Egremont.
Edition:
1st American ed.
Publisher:
FarrarStraus and Giroux,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
359 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Egremont, Max,--1948---Travel--Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)
Germans--Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)--History.
Group identity--Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)
Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The whispering past -- A frontier land -- 'Talent is a duty' -- A polished helmet -- The grieving parents -- Ober-ost -- 'Seed corn is not for harvesting' -- East Prussia's Versailles -- 'Names that are named no more' -- A lost victory -- Fallen oak leaves -- The need for order -- Kantgrad -- 'May every discord break against this movement' -- The great wilderness -- Journey to Irkutsk -- 'The terrible and great way' -- The Prussian Sahara -- 'My dear Jews; -- 'Do you see in the east the brightening dawn?' -- 'The highest pleasure on earth' -- Storm in January -- The fall -- hope deferred -- The living museum.
ISBN:
0374158088
9780374158088
LCCN:
2011024559
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

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