Hendel Fred (8 results)

grey & black illustrated full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). illustrated title pg. viii+184p. 4 b&w maps. b&w photo illustrations. 2 appendices. index. ~ memoirs. latin american history. politics. covert opertions. history of bolivia. nazi germany. third reich. ~ Revolutions in Bolivia starts with the 1946 massacre (similar to the one in Tiananmen Square) and a public hanging that took place after the 1946 revolution. It recounts how the author discovered the victims of the massacre, who had secretly been buried, and how the military rulers liquidated their political opponents. The book continues with the nationalization of the mines and the land reform that followed the 1952 revolution. It is based on the author's experiences in Bolivia. Klaus Barbie's first job in Bolivia was with a saw mill owned by the author and three friends. The author knew Hans Ertl and his daughter Monika who was killed trying to kidnap Barbie. (Klaus and Monika were the subjects of separate documentary films.) The author was in Bolivia when Che Guevara was executed. The book sheds light on the disappearances in Argentina in the 1970's. It has vignettes of many interesting persons the author knew, such as the French novelist Romain Gary and the Bolivian archaeologist Arturo Posnansky and his wife Alicia. The book comments on the coca economy of Bolivia. It recounts how a lone woman took tens of thousands of dollars in cash to a roadside money changer in La Paz. One section of the book tells how the author, who fled Nazi Germany on Christmas eve 1938, sent a hot~air balloon with an anti~Nazi flag over a crowded stadium in Hitler's Vienna, and how he survived the Night of Broken Glass. The book describes many dramatic events, which the author witnessed and often participated in. Forty~three black~and~white photographs and 25 drawings and illustrations document and enliven the book. Fred Hendel was born in Vienna, Austria in 1916. After fleeing Nazi Germany, Hendel went to Bolivia where he lived for the next seventeen years.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1997; reprint; Ypsillanti; red glossy paper covered boards with black cloth covered spine; black titles; covers contain minimal rubbing and wear; interior clean and unmarked; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 252 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New hard cover edition with As New dust jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Clean. Tight binding. Inscribed by author on front endpaper, 'To Lynn, Who worked so hard to make me sane, F. Hendel'. Othewise, no markings. 184 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers. paperback laminated and bound by cloth. Pages look xeroxed. Otherwise nice.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Uncorrected. Near fine in wrappers. laminated paperback. Uncorrected proof.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition : Signed. Smaller octovo hardcover in fine grey cloth covers, Signed/inscribed on front endpaper, # line 1 to 10- a true first edition, binding is tight , pages white as Andean snow , covers pristine without a whit of wear, as NEW in AS NEW DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. A crisp copy. " Revolutions in Bolivia starts with the 1946 massacre (similar to the one in Tiananmen Square) and a public hanging that took place after the 1946 revolution.The author was in Bolivia when Che Guevara was executed." Thus he knows of what he has written. Solid history of this country's turublent history. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Cloth Over Boards. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New (Protective Cover). 1st Edition. tight binding; clean pages Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By Author. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original light grey cloth, black decoration front cover, black lettering front & spine. FINE condition, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no creased pages, clean. Original dust jacket is present in fine condition: no tears, no chips, no rubbing, complete. Book measures 223mm tall x 138mm, and has 184 pages, 43 b/w photos, 25 sketches, glossary. Includes descriptions of Hans Ertl, the Chacaltaya ski lodge, the high altitude physics laboratory. This makes fascinating reading for anyone interested in Bolivia and for those who have visited Bolivia. Hendel gives firsthand accounts of the 1946 revolution and massacre, ruthless politics and murders, the land reform of 1952, notorious Nazi Klaus Barbie who worked at Hendel's saw mill in Bolivia, the murder of Hans Ertl's daughter when she tried to kidnap Barbie, the Che Guevara execution, the disappearances in Argentina during the 1970s and the Bolivia connection, author's friends: Hans Ertl, french novelist Romain Gary, the famous archaeologist Arturo Posnansky, the coca economy of Bolivia, some of the author's earlier life in Austria including his releasing of a hot air balloon with a large anti-Nazi flag over a crowded stadium in Vienna, other anti-Nazi activity.