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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World
by Karski, Jan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1589019830
- ISBN 13
- 9781589019836
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Georgetown University Press, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Foreword by Madeleine Albright. Large, heavy, sturdy book, quality black cloth, very bright gilt lettering to front and back, a map of Karski's missions throughout Europe as a Polish resistance fighter who infilitrated Nazi ranks, 414 pages including a photo section. DJ dark rose background with illustration of railroad tracks leading to entrance of a death camp, a color portrait of Karski front and spine, his passport photo at bottom bck with praise by President Clinton, the Anti-Defamation League, Danil Henninger in the Wall Street Journal. DJ has micronick at top front edge, light crease at spine top edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
Karski's "Story of a Secret State" stands as one of the most poignant and inspiring memoirs of World War II and the Holocaust. With elements of a spy thriller, documenting his experiences in the Polish Underground, and as one of the first eyewitness accounts of the slaughter of the Jews by the German Nazis.
Reviews
On Nov 4 2012, Avifrombklyn said:
incredible. i am sure that it is not an overstatement that this book is one of the most important books i will read in my lifetime. the book was written during the holocaust of world war two. this means the story is not a after the fact history of events but, rather, a real time report and cry for help to the world by the author, jan karski. the book is as relevant today as it was then and i promise that once you pick it up you will not put it down. as a child of holocaust survivors, i hope and pray there will always be a Jan Karski who will not stand by idly while others are being massacred. please read this book!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 059544
- Title
- Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World
- Author
- Karski, Jan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1589019830
- ISBN 13
- 9781589019836
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, Dc
- Date Published
- 2013
- Pages
- 464
- Keywords
- Holocaust Nazi Germany
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
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New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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