The Czech and Slovak Legion in Siberia, 1917-1922 - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joan McGuire MohrAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2012-03-15Pages:264
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786465712ISBN-10:786465719UPC:9780786465712Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Russia, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War ISize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCCWZEKWSY
The Czech and Slovak Legion in Siberia, 1917-1922
During World War I, a specialized Russian battalion comprised of ethnic Czechs and Czech and Slovak prisoners of war--the Legion--became a pawn in an international game of power and deceit. The Legion's detour through Siberia became the greatest human interest story of the war, chronicled weekly in the New York Times and New York Herald. More than half of the Legion's troops lost their lives a...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786465712ISBN-10:786465719UPC:9780786465712Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Russia, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War ISize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCCWZEKWSY
Joan McGuire Mohr has served as a contributing historian at the Czech and Slovak National Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and lectured at the Iparmu˝vészeti Múzeum (Museum of Applied Arts) in Budapest, Hungary. She leads lecture tours into Hungary and Transylvania.
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