Download or read book Cretan Courage written by K. L. Karavatos and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cretan Courage: The Milatos Cave and Beyond is a dramatic family history, beginning in Crete, Greece, which comes alive through the fascinating, multi-generational journey of Greek Cretans. The lively narrative includes eyewitness descriptions of Crete’s history, including massacres and attempted genocide by Turkish soldiers, death marches to slave markets, child kidnappings, mass murders, and systemic abuse of innocent women. Despite enduring unimaginable brutality, the actual events paint a vivid picture of Cretan courage and fortitude. After rebellions, revolution, and the ultimate liberation their island, the Cretans emerge with their extraordinary vitality, like a phoenix from the ashes. The family members’ paths diverge as some gamble their lives to emigrate to the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century. As immigrants in the U.S., they endure punishing factory work and frontline injuries in wars they fight for their new country. Despite hardships, many joys and accomplishments dominate their lives. As the third generation of Greek Americans come of age in the U.S., they learn their ancestral roots, and bond with prior generations that struggled to provide them with a better life. On the cusp of the 200-year anniversary of the historic Milatos Cave massacre, in which the author’s great-great-great-great grandfather was murdered, this book is a powerful account of the actual events and people that shaped history.
Download or read book The Cretan written by Pantelēs Prevelakēs and published by Nostos Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cretan Runner written by George Psychoundakis and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Psychoundakis was a twenty-one-year-old shepherd from the village of Asi Gonia when the battle of Crete began: “It was in May 1941 that, all of a sudden, high in the sky, we heard the drone of many aeroplanes growing steadily closer.” The German parachutists soon outnumbered the British troops who were forced first to retreat, then to evacuate, before Crete fell to the Germans. So began the Cretan Resistance and the young shepherd’s career as a wartime runner. In this unique account of the Resistance, Psychoundakis records the daily life of his fellow Cretans, his treacherous journeys on foot from the eastern White Mountains to the western slopes of Mount Ida to transmit messages and transport goods, and his enduring friendships with British officers (like his eventual translator Patrick Leigh Fermor) whose missions he helped to carry out with unflagging courage, energy, and good humor. Includes thirty-two black-and-white photographs and a map.
Download or read book A Detour of My Life written by Michael G Vlamis and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My firsthand experince during the German occupation of Crete during World War II.
Download or read book Crete written by Antony Beevor and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed historian and best-selling author Antony Beevor vividly brings to life the epic struggles that took place in Second World War Crete - reissued with a new introduction. 'The best book we have got on Crete' Observer The Germans expected their airborne attack on Crete in 1941 - a unique event in the history of warfare - to be a textbook victory based on tactical surprise. They had no idea that the British, using Ultra intercepts, knew their plans and had laid a carefully-planned trap. It should have been the first German defeat of the war, but a fatal misunderstanding turned the battle round. Nor did the conflict end there. Ferocious Cretan freedom fighters mounted a heroic resistance, aided by a dramatic cast of British officers from Special Operations Executive.
Download or read book The Mystery of Courage written by William Ian Miller and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-30 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miller culls sources as varied as soldiers’ memoirs, heroic and romantic literature, and philosophical discussions to get to the heart of courage—and to expose its role in generating the central anxieties of masculinity and manhood.
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Download or read book Treachery in Crete written by Myron Tim Palmer and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Courage Beloved written by Gail Brook Burket and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Courage written by Samuel McChord Crothers and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Ancient Greek Beliefs written by Perry L. Westmoreland and published by LEE AND VANCE PUBLISHING CO. This book was released on 2007 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Greek Beliefs explores the mysteries of the ancient myths and religious beliefs of a great people. The text is divided into three sections, Greek mythology, the ancient Greeks, and conclusions. A brief history and lengthy glossary are included. The book is designed as a basic text for the introduction to ancient Greek mythology and beliefs, and the text muses about the religious lessons we might learn from them. It contains abridged stories of Greek mythology, including the extant Greek plays, and considers portions of the works of the great writers, including Aeschylus, Euripides Hesiod, Homer, Plato, and Sophocles. It opens a comprehensive window into the lives of these great ancient people.
Download or read book Crete 1941 written by Antony Beevor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of The Battle of Arnhem and D-Day vividly reconstructs the epic WWII struggle for Crete – reissued with a new introduction Nazi Germany expected its airborne attack on Crete in 1941 to be a textbook victory based on tactical surprise. Little did they know that the British, using Ultra intercepts, had already laid a careful trap. It should have been the first German defeat of the war when a fatal misunderstanding turned the battle around. Prize-winning historian and bestselling author Antony Beevor lends his gift for storytelling to this important conflict, showing not only how the situation turned bad for Allied forces, but also how ferocious Cretan freedom fighters mounted a heroic resistance. Originally published in 1991, Crete 1941 is a breathtaking account of a momentous battle of World War II.
Download or read book The Sea kings of Crete written by James Baikie and published by London, A. and C. Black. This book was released on 1913 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Courage written by Ruth Ogden and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-30 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1891 Edition.
Download or read book The AJK Anthology written by Artemios Korkidis and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The AJK Anthology: A Collection of Biographical Memoirs and Short Stories By: Artemios Korkidis and Dr. Katherine Korkidis During the Nazi occupation of the island of Crete in 1941, there lived a young man, Artemios Korkidis. In a series of biographical memoirs, short stories, and a lifelong collection of personal reflections, be transported through the horrors and hardships of war as one man learns that there is always hope in the future.
Download or read book Courage Classic Reprint written by Richard Mansfield and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Courage! After rejections and discouragements on account of his health, Mansfield succeeded in joining the American army, and as a private in the Aviation Signal Corps died at nineteen. In preparing this volume from the scattered material he left, I have had the help of his mother and of two poets, his friend, Anna Hempstead Branch, and his teacher, Haniel Long; and, as near ly as we could, we have selected and arranged the poems as if he were doing it and we only advising. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Cretan Runner written by Geōrgios Psychuntakēs and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
