Published by Signal / McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2013
ISBN 10: 0771047126 ISBN 13: 9780771047121
Seller: Capricorn Books, Oakville, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 396 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w illustrations. "(In 1943, anticipating) that the German occupying powers would soon issue the long-feared order to round up the entire population of Jews for deportation to concentration camps, the Danish people stood up in defiance and resisted. The king, politicians, and ordinary civilians were united in their response - these treatened people were not simply Jews but fellow Danes who happened to be Jewish, and no one would help in rounding them up for confinement and deporation. Over fourteen harrowing days, as they were helped, hidden, and protected by ordinary people who spontaneously rushed to save their fellow citizens, an incredible 7,742 out of 8,200 Jewish refugees were smuggled out all along the coast - on ships, schooners, fishing boats, anything that floated - to Sweden. Unfolding on a day-to-day basis, 'Countrymen' brings together accounts written by individuals and officials as events happened, offering a comprehensive overview that underlines occupied Denmark's historical importance to Hitler as a prop for a model Nazi state and revealing the savage conflict among top Nazi brass for control of the country." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2013
ISBN 10: 0385350155 ISBN 13: 9780385350150
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with gray paper over boards, red cloth with gold lettering over spine. White DJ with black and white photograph, black and brown text across covers and along spine. Small (about 1/4 inch) yellow stain at top edge of pages, set against the crown of the spine near the back of the book. Not visible within book, purely aesthetic impact. Two very light spots of discoloration on back cover, likely due to shelf wear. DJ otherwise pristine. Title page dated 2013. Copyright page dated only 2013. x + 396 pages. Includes author's note, relevant family tree, prologue, scanned-in documents, maps, photographs, and political cartoons throughout text, notes to each chapter, bibliography, and index. Title page inscribed "For R---, with lost [illegible], Bo Lidegaard; September 17th, 2013". Pages clean and bright. Binding neat and tight. Please email us with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s).