Crossing the river : a memoir of the American left, the Cold War, and life in East Germany /
Faced with an accusation from the US Army's highest legal authority in 1952, Grossman left his unit stationed in Bavaria and swam the Danube to East Germany. He traces his childhood and experiences as a student, worker, and soldier; then describes life in his new home among a surprisingly large...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2003]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Book review (H-Net) Verlagsinformation |
| Summary: | Faced with an accusation from the US Army's highest legal authority in 1952, Grossman left his unit stationed in Bavaria and swam the Danube to East Germany. He traces his childhood and experiences as a student, worker, and soldier; then describes life in his new home among a surprisingly large community of defectors. There is no index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Incorporated, Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
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| Physical Description: | 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1558493719 9781558493711 1558493859 9781558493858 9781558497580 1558497587 |