The Miracle of Dunkirk Contributor(s): Lord, Walter (Author), Cummings, Jeff (Read by) |
|
ISBN: 1433223767 ISBN-13: 9781433223761 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - Naval - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
Dewey: 940.54 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.7" W x 5.7" (0.50 lbs) |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: On May 24, 1940, Hitler's armies were on the brink of a shattering military victory. Only ten miles away, 400,000 Allied troops were pinned against the coast of Dunkirk. But just eleven days later, 338,000 men had been successfully evacuated to England. How did it happen? Walter Lord's remarkable account of how "the miracle of Dunkirk" came about is based on hundreds of interviews with survivors of all nations who fought among the sand dunes of northern France. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cummings, Jeff: - Jeff Cummings, as an audiobook narrator, has won both an Earphones Award and the prestigious Audie Award in 2015 for Best Narration in Science and Technology. He is also a twenty-year veteran of the stage, having worked at many regional theaters across the country, from A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle and the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta to the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City and the International Mystery Writers' Festival in Owensboro, Kentucky. He also spent seven seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Lord, Walter: -Walter Lord (1917-2002), American author of numerous nonfiction books, was a graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School, served in the OSS during World War II, and became an editor and advertising copywriter. He is known for his book A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the Titanic, and he served as consultant in the making of the movie Titanic. |