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Walking Since Daybreak: A Story of Eastern Europe, World War II, and the Heart
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by Modris Eksteins

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Part history, part autobiography, Eksteins relates the tragic story of the Baltic nations before, during, and after World War II through personal stories from his family. Photos and map.

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Part history, part autobiography, WALKING SINCE DAYBREAK tells the tragic story of the Baltic nations before, during, and after World War II. Personal stories of the survival or destruction of Modris Eksteins's family members lend an intimate dimension to this vast narrative of those millions who have surged back and forth across the lowlands bordering the Baltic Sea. The immense cataclysm of World War II devastated the Baltic republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, sending many of their inhabitants to the ends of the earth. WALKING SINCE DAYBREAK belongs in the great tradition of books that redefine our understanding of history, like J. R. Huizinga's THE WANING OF THE MIDDLE AGES and Jacob Burckhardt's THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY. Eksteins's two-pronged narrative is a haunting portrait of national loss and the struggle of a displaced family caught in the maw of history.

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Part history, part autobiography, WALKING SINCE DAYBREAK tells the tragic story of the Baltic nations before, during, and after World War II. Personal stories of the survival or destruction of Modris Eksteins's family members lend an intimate dimension to this vast narrative of those millions who have surged back and forth across the lowlands bordering the Baltic Sea. The immense cataclysm of World War II devastated the Baltic republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, sending many of their inhabitants to the ends of the earth. WALKING SINCE DAYBREAK belongs in the great tradition of books that redefine our understanding of history, like J. R. Huizinga's THE WANING OF THE MIDDLE AGES and Jacob Burckhardt's THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY. Eksteins's two-pronged narrative is a haunting portrait of national loss and the struggle of a displaced family caught in the maw of history.

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  • Title Walking Since Daybreak: A Story of Eastern Europe, World War II, and the Heart of Our Century
  • Author Modris Eksteins
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books, New York, NY
  • Publication date 2000-09-14
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780618082315 / 061808231X
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Baltic
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99017856
  • Dewey Decimal Code 947.9

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"An authoritative and moving melange . . . of historical analysis, family legend, and memoir." Boston Globe

"Provocative and ambitious." Kirkus Reviews

“A deeply moving and intellectually challenging view of modern history.”

The Los Angeles Times

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