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eBay item number:277515462482
Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Type
- Memoir
- Era
- 1940s
- Signed
- Yes
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Country of Origin
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780814410493
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Amacom
ISBN-10
0814410499
ISBN-13
9780814410493
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71691755
Product Key Features
Book Title
Box from Braunau : in Search of My Father's War
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Military / United States, Historical, Military
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-039490
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Recognizing that her father probably suffered from undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Elvin offers an honest and unsentimental account that should benefit soldiers past and present now experiencing PTSD, as well as their families and all readers interested in the consequences of PTSD. She also shows that asking respectful questions can facilitate the healing and understanding of traumatic war experiences." -- Library Journal, "Recognizing that her father probably suffered from undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Elvin offers an honest and unsentimental account that should benefit soldiers past and present now experiencing PTSD, as well as their families and all readers interested in the consequences of PTSD. She also shows that asking respectful questions can facilitate the healing and understanding of traumatic war experiences." --Library Journal
eBook Format
Portable Document Format
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
940.54/1273092 B
Synopsis
As a small child, Jan Elvin thought very little about the tin box with the simple inscription her father had brought home from World War II. To her young eyes, it seemed ordinary enough, featuring a rough etching of a man and woman with the words, "Braunau 1944." What she would later discover is that the box had been a gift from an inmate at a German slave labor camp when her father was just a young soldier. And what it contained would start her on a long journey to uncover some of the fascinating and horrifying history surrounding the Second World War--as well as a search to understand the man forever haunted by its memories. The Box from Braunau is both a memoir of a father-daughter relationship damaged by the ghosts of war, and a chronicle of a World War II veteran whose return to civilian life was permanently scarred by nightmares of combat and concentration camps. We explore the lives of Bill Elvin and his daughter through excerpts from the diary he kept during the war and private letters, as well as newspaper articles he wrote as a journalist on his return. We follow him from his first days on the battlefield as a lieutenant in Patton's Army to his time at the Ebensee concentration camp where he witnessed first-hand the prisoners' sufferings brought about by Nazi atrocities. Through his life, we gain a new understanding of the War and its effects on the men and women who fought in it. Featuring exclusive interviews with family members and fellow soldiers, as well as with survivors of the camps, The Box from Braunau is an illuminating look at war through the eyes of one family., A beautifully-wrought and elegiac look at one woman's search to understand the ravages of war through the eyes of her father., As a small child, Jan Elvin thought very little about the tin box with the simple inscription her father had brought home from World War II. To her young eyes, it seemed ordinary enough, featuring a rough etching of a man and woman with the words, "Braunau 1944.' What she would later discover is that the box had been a gift from an inmate at a German slave labor camp when her father was just a young soldier. And what it contained would start her on a long journey to uncover some of the fascinating and horrifying history surrounding the Second World War-as well as a search to understand the man forever haunted by its memories. The Box from Braunau is both a memoir of a father-daughter relationship damaged by the ghosts of war, and a chronicle of a World War II veteran whose return to civilian life was permanently scarred by nightmaresof combat and concentration camps. We explore the lives of Bill Elvin and his daughter through excerpts from the diary he kept during the war and private letters, as well as newspaper articles he wrote as a journalist on his return. We follow him from his first days on the battlefield as a lieutenant in Patton's Army to his time at the Ebensee concentration camp where he witnessed firsthand the prisoners' sufferings brought about by Nazi atrocities. Through his life, we gain a new understandingof the War and its effects on the men and women who fought in it. Featuring exclusive interviews with family members and fellow soldiers, as well as with survivors of the camps, The Box from Braunau is an illuminating look at war through the eyes of one family. "
LC Classification Number
D756.5.N6E35 2009
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