The Boys of Winter

Life and Death in the U.S. Ski Troops During the Second World War

Charles J. Sanders (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2004
University Press of Colorado (Verlag)
978-0-87081-783-0 (ISBN)

Infos

"An immensely valuable and substantial addition to 10th Mountain literature and to the history of skiing in the United States." - International Ski History Association The Boys of Winter tells the true story of three young American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and fateful transformation from athletes to infantrymen with the 10th Mountain Division. Charles J. Sanders's fast-paced narrative draws on dozens of interviews and extensive research to trace these boys' lives from childhood to championships and from training at Mount Rainier and in the Colorado Rockies to battles against the Nazis.

Autor

Avid skier and 10th Mountain Division descendant Charles J. Sanders is a music industry executive and an NYU professor.

Inhalt

Contents LIST OF MAPS ix FOREWORD xi; by Major John B. Woodward, Tenth Mountain Division (Ret.) PREFACE xv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii; 1The Hero of The Thunderbolt (Rudy Konieczny) 1; 2; The Pied Piper of Pine Lake (Jake Nunnemacher) 21; 3; The Sun Valley Serenader (Ralph Bromaghin) 42; 4; The Time of Their Lives 59; 5; Rocky Mountain Highs 74; 6; From Alaska to Austin 90; 7; General Clark and the War in Italy 108; 8; Good-byes 113; 9; Into the Maelstrom 118; 10; The Ridges That Could Not Be Taken 129; 11; The Brutal Road to Castel D'Aiano 145; 12; Rest and Recuperation 156; 13; The Bloodbath of Spring 165; 14; Bad Times 174; 15; Pursuit to the Alps 191; 16; Home 194; 17; Legacy 200 NOTES 207 BIBLIOGRAPHY 241 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 245 INDEX 247

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.12.2004
• Verlagsort: Colorado
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
• ISBN-10: 0-87081-783-3 / 0870817833
• ISBN-13: 978-0-87081-783-0 / 9780870817830
• Zustand: Neuware