Thirteen: A Childhood in Wartime Prague (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780920576328)

Vendor: Jan Drabek
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Thirteen: A Childhood in Wartime Prague

$16.95

Thirteen: A Childhood in Wartime Prague

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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The author was born in 1935 in Prague, and in 1948, he and his family escaped to Germany -- on skis. This book is his memoir of growing up in Czechoslovakia during the war, a time of dramatic upheaval for his family and for all of Europe.

Author: Jan Drabek
ISBN-10: 092057632X
ISBN-13: 9780920576328
Publisher: Caitlin Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1991
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.52h x 6.04w x 0.41d
By Jan Drabek
By Jan Drabek
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A one-time Vancouver taxi driver, refugee representative in Austria, Czechoslovak ambassador and Canadian schoolteacher, Jan Drabek emigrated to North America from Prague in 1948. He received his university education in America and served in the US Navy. He has long been active in the Canadian writing scene-he is the former president of the Federation of British Columbia Writers, and has served on the National Council of the Writers Union of Canada. He is the author of many books, including VLADIMIR KRAJINA: WORLD WAR II HERO AND ECOLOGY PIONEER (Ronsdale Press, 2012).

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