Results for: ann bausum

Below is a list of 3 the books by this author.

Book cover of BARD & THE BOOK
BARD & THE BOOK
By: ann bausum | Published: April 2024

The unlikely true story of why we know the name William Shakespeare today, and the four-hundred-year-old book that made it possible. Four hundred...

The unlikely true story of why we know the name William Shakespeare today, and the four-hundred-year-old book that made it possible. Four hundred years ago, no one bothered to write down the exact words of stage plays. Characters’ lines were scribbled on small rolls of paper (as in, an actor’s role) and passed around, but no master script was saved for the future. The main reason we’ve heard of Romeo, Juliet, Hamlet, and Shakespeare himself is that a group of people made the excellent choice to preserve the plays after the Bard died. If they hadn’t created the book known as the First Folio, Shakespeare and his works would surely have been lost to history. Part literary scavenger hunt (the search for every existing First Folio continues today), part book trivia treasure trove, and part love letter to Shakespeare, this behind-the-scenes, sharply funny true story is an ideal introduction to the Bard and his famous plays.

  • ISBN
    9781682634950
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Biography
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$26.99
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Book cover of ENSNARED IN THE WOLF'S LAIR
ENSNARED IN THE WOLF'S LAIR
By: ann bausum | Published: January 2021

"The stories of the children whose families were torn apart as a result of a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1944"--

Theme: Holocaust

  • ISBN
    9781426338540
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Social Studies - History
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$24.99
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Book cover of ENSNARED IN THE WOLF'S LAIR
ENSNARED IN THE WOLF'S LAIR
By: ann bausum | Published: January 2021

"I've come on orders from Berlin to fetch the three children." ?Gestapo agent, August 24, 1944 With those chilling words, 12-year-old Christa von...

"I've come on orders from Berlin to fetch the three children." ?Gestapo agent, August 24, 1944 With those chilling words, 12-year-old Christa von Hofacker and her two younger siblings are snatched from their home which had already been stripped of their father, mother, and older siblings. Christa and dozens of other children across Germany had become ensnared in a web of punishment as twisted and entangled as the thoughts of the man their fathers had just conspired to kill: Adolf Hitler.The dictator's systematic and vindictive impo,ition of Sippenhaft--guilt by association for all blood relatives of the accused--threatened to separate families indefinitely. Christa recorded her experiences in a diary that chronicled the trauma inflicted by everyday uncertainty and the fear that she'd never see her family again. Author Ann Bausum breathes life into Christa's experiences and those of the other children who experienced the Sippenhaft, dubbed "ghost children" by nearby residents because of how they wandered the grounds of their holding area like stunned silent specters. Bausum's compelling narrative, illustrated with rare archival images, draws power from extensive onsite research, excerpts from Christa's diary, and interviews with Christa (now in her nineties), and other survivors of this tragic situation. By exploring this overlooked history, Bausum elevates our understanding of the German resistance to Nazi rule and Hitler's frantic determination to preserve his regime at any cost.

  • ISBN
    9781426338557
  • Binding
  • Category
    Social Studies - History
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$37.90
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