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The Winding Path to Freedom: A Memoir of Life in the Ukrainian Underground

Door Roman D. Mac

Categorie
Geschiedenis Oost-Europa
Boeknummer
#410219-XQ27
Titel
The Winding Path to Freedom: A Memoir of Life in the Ukrainian Underground
Auteur
Mac, Roman D.
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Booksurge Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2009
ISBN10
1439217505
ISBN13
9781439217504
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
As a young boy in Ukraine, Roman Mac witnessed the upheaval of life in his native Molodych by Nazi and Communist adversaries determined to control it. By the age of twelve he joined the Ukrainian underground, serving as a scout, special courier, and often as a terrain operational leader during armed conflict. Even at that tender age he understood the stakes: to win the freedom of Ukraine or die trying. Four years later, after the forced resettlement of his villagers to Poland's Recovered Territories and still wanted by the Communists for his underground activities, Mac and several comrades walked through Poland and Czechoslovakia to West Germany's American Zone, where they laid down their arms. He immigrated to the United States in 1950, where he served in the US Army, graduated from colle... (Lees verder)ge, and established a business manufacturing accessories for musical instruments. Mac lives with his wife in Bethlehem, PA.
Pagina's
348
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 25,00

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