Overview
- Summary
- "During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers - mostly children - as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2019
- Locale
- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)
France
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon - Contents
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Unanswered
Days of awe
Exodus
First on the rope
All the little crickets
Hands and feet
The hunt
Hymn to spring
La Burle
Elsewhere
Suffer the children
Song of the Cheremsha
Along came a spider
Mashallah
The fruit of the tree. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references.
Unanswered -- Days of awe -- Exodus -- First on the rope -- All the little crickets -- Hands and feet -- The hunt -- Hymn to spring -- La Burle -- Elsewhere -- Suffer the children -- Song of the Cheremsha -- Along came a spider -- Mashallah -- The fruit of the tree.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- External Link
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Electronic version(s) available Hosted by ProQuest
- ISBN
- 9781594634758
1594634750 - Physical Description
- 358 pages ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)--Emigration and immigration. Refugees--France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon--History--20th century. Refugees--France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon--History--21st century. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Refugee children--France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France) Anthropologists--Biography. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. HISTORY / Holocaust. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees. World War (1939-1945) Anthropologists. Emigration and immigration. Refugee children. Refugees. France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Biography. History. Autobiographies. Biographies. Paxson, Margaret.
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