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Author Geiser, Carl.

Title Prisoners of the good fight : the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 / by Carl Geiser ; with a preface by Robert G. Colodny.

Imprint Westport, Conn. : L. Hill, 1986.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Rosen  946.081 G277p 1986 c.2  ---  Lib Use Only
 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  946.081 G277p, 1986    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 2nd ed.
Description xx, 297 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-291) and index.
Contents Why did we go to Spain? -- A short history of the first war against Fascism -- The first to be captured -- Captured at Brunete -- Quinto, Belchite and Teruel -- The retreat from Belchite -- Captured! Survivors and killed -- How I was captured -- We face a firing squad -- We begin our retreat from Gandesa -- International brigaders behind the Fascist lines -- Initiation to San Pedro de Cardena -- Building morale -- We get organized -- Visitors -- Fourteen Americans leave San Pedro -- The big escape -- A cold month at San Pedro -- We leave San Pedro -- Zapatari -- Freedom -- The Americans left behind -- Americans in other prisons -- The fate of the other nationalities -- Reflections on the war, fifty years later.
Subject Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, American.
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Campaigns.
Spain. Ejercito Popular de la Republica. Abraham Lincoln Battalion -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Spain -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
Soldiers -- Spain -- Biography.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
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