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050  0 D764.3.L4 |bR45 2011
100 1  Reid, Anna.
245 10 Leningrad : |bthe epic siege of World War II, 1941-1944 / |cAnna Reid.
250    First U.S. edition.
264  1 New York : |bWalker & Co., |c2011.
300    xv, 492 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
520    A gripping, authoritative narrative history of the siege of Leningrad from 1941-1944, interwoven with indelible personal accounts of daily siege life drawn from diarists and memoirists on both sides.
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-471) and index.
505 0  Invasion: June-September 1941 -- The siege begins: September-December 1941 -- Mass death: Winter 1941-2 -- Waiting for liberation: January 1942-January 1944 -- Aftermath.
505 0  Invasion: June-September 1941. 22 June 1941 ; Barbarossa ; "We're winning, but the Germans are advancing" ; The people's levy ; "Caught in a mousetrap" -- The siege begins: September-December 1941. "No sentimentality" ; "To our last heartbeat" ; 125 grams ; Falling down the funnel -- Mass death: Winter 1941-2. The ice road ; Sleds and cocoons ; "We were like stones" ; Svyazi ; "Robinson Crusoe was a lucky man" ; Corpse-eating and person-eating ; Anton Ivanovich is angry ; The big house -- Waiting for liberation: January 1942-January 1944. Meat wood ; The gentle joy of living and breathing ; The Leningrad symphony ; The last year -- Aftermath. Coming home ; The cellar of memory.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
651  0 Saint Petersburg (Russia) |xHistory |ySiege, 1941-1944.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCampaigns |zSoviet Union.
852 0   |bstacks |hD764.3.L4 |iR45 2011