Dmitriy Ryzenkov
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The Wettest County in the World, or Lawless
- A Novel Based on a True Story
- De: Matt Bondurant
- Narrado por: Erik Steele
- Duración: 10 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 535
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 464
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 463
The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County during Prohibition and after. The brothers played a central role in a major conspiracy trial and its violent end. In 1935, Sherwood Anderson, working on a magazine story, finds himself driving along the dusty red roads trying to find the brothers and break the silence that shrouds Franklin County.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just outstanding!
- De Rich en 08-18-12
- The Wettest County in the World, or Lawless
- A Novel Based on a True Story
- De: Matt Bondurant
- Narrado por: Erik Steele
A Jar of 120 proof White Lighting
Revisado: 09-26-23
Compelling and essential story of the prohibition era in American history.
Much in-depth intrigues fleshed out compared to the brilliant movie that was inspired by the novel. The writing style fits the set piece cultural nuances.
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Those Who Hold Bastogne
- The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge
- De: Peter Schrijvers
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 105
In this dramatic account of the 1944-45 winter of war in Bastogne, historian Peter Schrijvers offers the first full story of the German assault on the strategically located town. From the December stampede of American and Panzer divisions racing to reach Bastogne first, through the bloody eight-day siege from land and air, and through three more weeks of unrelenting fighting even after the siege was broken, events at Bastogne hastened the long-awaited end of WWII.
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4 out of 5 stars
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How Did Anyone Survive?
- De Sher from Provo en 09-26-15
- Those Who Hold Bastogne
- The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge
- De: Peter Schrijvers
- Narrado por: John Lee
Never Again Is My Take Away
Revisado: 12-22-22
This is the brutally honest and detailed narrative of just one month of WWII’s human carnage on the Western Front. A critically pivotal battle that hung in the balance as the ‘Fascist Reich’ made its last attempt to push the Allies back to Normandy with innocent civilians caught in the cross fire.
At times I could not bare to learn of the extensively traumatic mass causalities that had to suffer horrendous wounds, executions, starvation, disease and harsh weather exposure from, for example, Ill equipped uniforms to protect them from the constant freezing winter cold of which there was no escape.
Notably our troops were seriously out matched to the Nazis/Panzer armaments et al. So it was simply a battle of attrition for the Allies to eventually liberate Bastogne at a terrible cost.
The author brings us directly into the hellish embattled “all or nothing” fighting juxtaposed to the chronological events happening in and around Bastogne, nearly giving at times minute by minute accounts. All from the high command strategies down to the infantry having to execute them.
This thoroughly detailed account is humbling and honors their bravery and deaths-the ultimate sacrifice.
My parents lost two cousins in this battle (buried there) and one who survived, serving in the 101st/506th Easy Company Airborne.
And… it was during the Christmas season-peace on earth, goodwill toward man (humanity)?
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