a| 9780802715944 q| hardback c| $30.00

a| 080271594X q| hardback c| $30.00

a| (OCoLC)ocn701806425

a| 225265

a| LHM b| eng e| rda c| LHM

a| D764.3.L4 b| R45 2011

a| Reid, Anna.

a| Leningrad : b| the epic siege of World War II, 1941-1944 / c| Anna Reid.

a| First U.S. edition.

a| New York : b| Walker & Co., c| 2011.

a| xv, 492 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : b| illustrations, maps ; c| 25 cm

a| text b| txt 2| rdacontent

a| unmediated b| n 2| rdamedia

a| volume b| nc 2| rdacarrier

a| 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.

a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-471) and index.

a| Invasion: June-September 1941 -- The siege begins: September-December 1941 -- Mass death: Winter 1941-2 -- Waiting for liberation: January 1942-January 1944 -- Aftermath.

a| 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.

a| Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024

a| Saint Petersburg (Russia) x| History y| Siege, 1941-1944.

a| World War, 1939-1945 x| Campaigns z| Soviet Union.

b| stacks h| D764.3.L4 i| R45 2011