Avenue of spies : a true story of terror, espionage, and one American family's heroic resistance in Nazi-occupied France
(Audiobook CD)
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Published
[Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape ;, [2015].
ISBN
9780553551808, 0553551809, 9780553551785, 0553551787
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Grande Prairie Public Library District - Stacks | BO-CD FIC KER | On Shelf |
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor | CD 940.5344 KERSHAW | On Shelf |
Oak Brook Public Library - Adult Book On CD Non-Fiction | CD 940.53 KER | On Shelf |
Westmont Public Library - Adult 1st Floor | BOOK CD 940.53444 KER | On Shelf |
Wood Dale Public Library District - New Audiobooks | 940.5344/KER | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Americans -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Biographies.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Jackson, Sumner Waldron -- Family.
Jackson, Sumner Waldron.
Paris (France) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Physicians -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Sound recordings.
Spies -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Paris.
Biographies.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Jackson, Sumner Waldron -- Family.
Jackson, Sumner Waldron.
Paris (France) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Physicians -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Sound recordings.
Spies -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Paris.
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Published
[Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape ;, [2015].
Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9780553551808, 0553551809, 9780553551785, 0553551787
Notes
General Note
Title from print record; alternative title from container.
General Note
Compact discs.
General Note
Includes an interview with the author.
Participants/Performers
Read by Mark Deakins.
Description
Brings to life the true story of an American doctor and his family in Paris, and his heroic espionage efforts during World War II. Exclusive Avenue Foch was Paris's hotbed of spies, secret police, informers, and Vichy collaborators. So when the couple at number 11--American physician Sumner Jackson and his Swiss-born wife Toquette--joined the French resistance, they knew the stakes were extraordinarily high. They would be risking not only their own lives but that of their only child, twelve-year-old Phillip. There was no more dangerous place in all of occupied Europe than their street: Nazis had commandeered almost every building. At number 31 was the "mad sadist" Theodor Dannecker, charged with deporting French Jews to concentration camps. Number 72 housed the Parisian headquarters of the Gestapo. As their Nazi neighbors rounded up Jews and ruthlessly destroyed all opposition, the Jacksons stepped up their own private war against Hitler. From the American Hospital, Sumner smuggled fallen Allied crewmen out of France. And Toquette agreed to allow the Goélette network of the resistance to use their home as a drop box for vital information en route to Britain. As D-Day neared, the noose began to tighten: when the family's secret was finally discovered, they were sent on a journey into the black heart of the war-torn continent from which there was little chance of return. Drawing upon a wealth of primary source material and extensive interviews with Phillip Jackson, Alex Kershaw re-creates the City of Light during its darkest days.--Adapted from book jacket.
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AUDIOBOOK CD
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kershaw, A., & Deakins, M. (2015). Avenue of spies: a true story of terror, espionage, and one American family's heroic resistance in Nazi-occupied France (Unabridged.). Books on Tape ;.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kershaw, Alex and Mark. Deakins. 2015. Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-occupied France. Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kershaw, Alex and Mark. Deakins. Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-occupied France Books on Tape, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kershaw, Alex., and Mark Deakins. Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-occupied France Unabridged., Books on Tape ;, 2015.
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