Caitlin Galante DeAngelis

Gebundenes Buch

The Caretakers

War Graves Gardeners and the Secret Battle to Rescue Allied Airmen in World War II

Beschreibung

The Caretakers tells the powerful and profound story of the British cemetery gardeners who remained at their posts in France during the Nazi invasion of WWII, secretly aiding the French Resistance and providing safe haven for downed American airmen and safe passage for refugees.

Autor

Caitlin Galante DeAngelis is an internationally renowned expert on cemeteries. She earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University with a dissertation on the political histories of cemeteries in Britain and America. Formerly a lecturer at Harvard, she was also employed by the President of the university to write a proprietary report about Harvard’s historical ties to slavery. DeAngelis has been interviewed as an expert on cemetery history by media outlets including the Boston Globe, The New Yorker, and WBUR and her cemetery photography has been published in Atlas Obscura and 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die by Loren Rhoades. She is an active member of several UK-based historical associations including the Western Front Association and the Great War Group,and contributed a popular article about the 80th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s blog.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Prometheus Books
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 160mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 700g
• ISBN-13: 9781633888999
• ISBN-10: 1633888991
• Artikelnr.: 67299745