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A German POW in New Mexico
by Walter Schmid
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0826333559
- ISBN 13
- 9780826333551
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2005 University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. 2005. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Signed on the FFFP the author, Walter Schmid, the translator, Richard Rundell, and editor Wolfgang Schlauch. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: As New . Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 167 pp 8vo. The author was a member of Rommel's Afrika Korps and captured in Tunisia in May 1943. He was taken to the US and was n POW camps on Oklahoma and New Mexico in 1944. He worked in the Mesilla Valley picking cotton and harvesting melons. With the end of hostilities in Europe, he was sent to England and returned to Germany in 1947. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011876
- Title
- A German POW in New Mexico
- Author
- Walter Schmid
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0826333559
- ISBN 13
- 9780826333551
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Place of Publication
- Albuquerque, NM
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- German POW, German POW in the USA, POW camps in Oklahoma, POW Camps in New Mexico, German Army, General Rommel, Afrika Korps, North Africa, World War II, autobiography, German prisoners n the USA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prisoner of War; Autobiography;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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