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The 900 days : the siege of Leningrad / Harrison E. Salisbury.

Van Pelt Library D764.3.L4 S2
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Salisbury, Harrison E. (Harrison Evans), 1908-1993.
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
John Penman Wood Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--Siege, 1941-1944.
Saint Petersburg (Russia).
Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.
Genre:
History.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
Physical Description:
xi, 635 pages : illustrations, maps (1 color) ; 25 cm
Edition:
[First edition].
Place of Publication:
New York : Harper & Row, [1969]
Summary:
The author chronicles the siege of Leningrad and describes the suffering of its people and exposes the role of Stalin's political police throughout the war and the endless blunders of the military. Included are events leading up to the siege and the "Leningrad Affair" which occurred three years later. Some of the data comes from Russian documents only recently made available.--from the publisher.
Contents:
The night without end
The summer war
Leningrad in blockade
The longest winter
Breaking the iron ring.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-610) and index.
Local Notes:
Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has ms. note on front pastedown: "3/21/69 J.D.P.".
Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has dustjacket retained.
Other Format:
Online version: Salisbury, Harrison E. (Harrison Evans), 1908-1993. 900 days.
ISBN:
0060137320
9780060137328
OCLC:
364494

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