- Summary
- Relates the story of Le Cambon-sur-Lignon, a small, remote mountain village whose inhabitants banded together to save thousands from the Gestapo during World War II.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Moorehead, Caroline, author.
- Published
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]
- Locale
- France
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)
Haute-Loire (France)
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Contents
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Escaping. Mea culpa ; The camps of shame ; Deportation fever ; A national disgrace
Arriving. Walking near the Lord ; A pure spirit ; On Vichy's map ; Rats in a trap ; An open pen of chickens ; A lethal year ; An unknown and unknowable oblivion ; Crossing the border ; Living on a volcano ; Whatever else we do, we must save the children ; Perfect Maquis country ; Today, I have nothing to say ; Memory wars.
- Notes
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"Originally published in Great Britain in 2014 by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Random House Group Ltd."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-356) and index.
Escaping. Mea culpa ; The camps of shame ; Deportation fever ; A national disgrace -- Arriving. Walking near the Lord ; A pure spirit ; On Vichy's map ; Rats in a trap ; An open pen of chickens ; A lethal year ; An unknown and unknowable oblivion ; Crossing the border ; Living on a volcano ; Whatever else we do, we must save the children ; Perfect Maquis country ; Today, I have nothing to say ; Memory wars.
