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Son of the famous American journalist Louis Fischer, who corresponded from Germany and then Moscow, and the Russian writer Markoosha Fischer, Victor Fischer grew up in the shadow of Hitler and Stalin, watching his friends' parents disappear after political arrests. Eleanor Roosevelt personally...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fischer, Victor (Autor)
Otros Autores: Wohlforth, Charles P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2012]
Temas:
Fischer, Victor.
Since 1959
Jews, Russian > Biography.
Russian Americans > Alaska > Biography.
Juifs russes > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Jews, Russian.
Politics and government
Russian Americans.
Alaska > Biography.
Alaska > Politics and government > 1959-
Soviet Union > Biography.
Soviet Union > History.
Alaska > Biographies.
Alaska > Politique et gouvernement > 1959-
URSS > Histoire.
Alaska.
Soviet Union.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Son of the famous American journalist Louis Fischer, who corresponded from Germany and then Moscow, and the Russian writer Markoosha Fischer, Victor Fischer grew up in the shadow of Hitler and Stalin, watching his friends' parents disappear after political arrests. Eleanor Roosevelt personally engineered the Fischer family's escape from Russia, and soon after Victor was serving in the United States Army in World War II and fighting opposite his childhood friends in the Russian and German armies. As a young adult, he went on to help shape Alaska's map by planning towns throughout the state. Thi.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 405 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781602231412
1602231419

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