The Cretan Runner by Psychoundakis, George

Transatlantic Arts, Incorporated, 1978. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Transatlantic Arts, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Transatlantic Arts, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

John Murray, 1988. Reprint edition. Paper covers. V.g./No Jacket. Biography of a member of the wartime resistance in Crete, a colleague of Patrick Leigh Femor who translated it. Obituary of Psychoundakis loosely inserted.

London: J. Murray, 1988. Later printing of the original 1978 paperback editoin. Paperback. Very good with minor wear. See photos. Personal owner name stamp to front free endpaper.. Small quarto in illus orange wraps; xiii, 242 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 22 cmindex. Translation of: Kretikos Mantatophoros, originally published in1955. "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, and Crete fell to the Germans. So began the Cretan resistance and the young shepherd's career as a war-time runner. In this unique account of Resistance life, Psychoundakis records the daily life of his fellow-Cretans, his treacherous journeys on foot from the eastern White… Read More

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