| Searching for Augusta: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne Contributor(s): King, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1493049429 ISBN-13: 9781493049424 Publisher: Lyons Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - Biography & Autobiography | Women - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: 940.542 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.7" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - Benelux |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A brutal siege. A forgotten heroine. A war-torn romance. And a historian determined to uncover the truth. Untold millions who saw and read Band of Brothers can finally know the whole story of what happened to American soldiers and civilians in Bastogne during that arduous Winter of 1944/45. In the television version of Band of Brothers, a passing reference is made to an African nurse assisting in an aid station in Bastogne. When military historian Martin King watched the episode, he had to know who that woman was; thus began a multi-year odyssey that revealed the horror of a town under siege as well as an improbable love story between a white Army medic, Jack Prior, and his black nurse, Augusta Chiwy, as they saved countless lives while under constant bombardment. Based on the recent discovery of Prior's diary as well as an exhaustive and occasionally futile search for Augusta herself, King was at last able to bring belated recognition of Augusta's incredible story by both the U.S. Army and Belgian government shortly before she died. This is not only a little-known story of the Battle of the Bulge, but also the author's own relentless mission to locate Augusta and bestow upon her the honors she so richly deserved. |