Avenue of Spies : A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris

from VeraGodley

We all need to read books like this about the people, places, events, and horrors that were the meat and potatoes of World War II. - even if biographical reads are not our "thing" nor historical non-fiction what we long to delve into. And even if the book is written in such a manner that it prima...

from mrmapcase

To me the most surprising thing about this book is what doesn't happen. The Jacksons, Americans living in France during the early days of World War II were pretty much free to go about their daily business with little involvement from the Nazis. The personal descriptions bring an intimate and har...

from janerawoof

Very readable nonfiction of an unsung hero of World War II: Dr. Sumner Jackson, a sureon from Maine, U.S.A., and family, who aided French Resistance when the Nazis occupied France. Dr. Jackson and his family helped with "escape lines"--a sort of underground railroad helping opponents of the Nazis...

from bogopea

May be a wonderful book and anticipated it but can't read more than 50 pages. Could not get into it.

from dele2451

An amazing story about a incredibly noble and courageous family living in Nazi-occupied Paris. Kershaw did a great service to history by documenting their harrowing story before it was lost to the ravages of time.