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Kershaw, Alex.
Subjects
Jackson, Sumner Waldron.
Jackson, Sumner Waldron -- Family.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Paris.
Spies -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Americans -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Physicians -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris.
Paris (France) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
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Kershaw, Alex.
Jackson, Sumner Waldron.
Jackson, Sumner Waldron -- Family.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Paris.
Spies -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Americans -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Physicians -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris.
Paris (France) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
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Avenue
of
spies
: a
true
story
of
terror
,
espionage
, and
one
American
family
's
heroic
resistance
in
Nazi-occupied
Paris
/ Alex Kershaw.
by
Kershaw, Alex.
Crown Publishers, [2015]
Call #:
940.5344 K41a
Subjects
Jackson, Sumner Waldron.
Jackson, Sumner Waldron --
Family
.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France --
Paris
.
Spies
-- France --
Paris
-- Biography.
Americans -- France --
Paris
-- Biography.
Physicians -- France --
Paris
-- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- France --
Paris
.
Paris
(France) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
ISBN:
9780804140034 (hc.)
0804140030 (hc.)
Alternate title:
True
story
of
terror
,
espionage
, and
one
American
family
's
heroic
resistance
in
Nazi-occupied
Paris
.
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
x, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-271) and index.
Contents:
City of darkness. The fall ; To save France ; The fourteenth ; Day trippers ;
Spies
of summer ; Winged victory -- Armies of the night. On doctor'
s
orders ;
Avenue
Boche ; The shadow game ; Number 11 ; The last summer ; The last metro -- Night and fog. Guests of the Reich ; The Coup : July 20, 1944 ; Ave Maria ; Days of glory ; Night and fog ; Neuengamme ; Deliverance -- After the fall.
One
day in May ; His Majesty's service ; Justice ; Les Invalides.
Summary:
"The
true
story
of an
American
doctor and his
family
in
Paris
, and his
heroic
espionage
efforts during World War II. Exclusive
Avenue
Foch was
Paris
's hotbed of
spies
, secret police, informers, and Vichy collaborators. So when the couple at number 11 -- the
American
physician Sumner Jackson and his Swiss-born wife Toquette -- joined the French
Resistance
, they knew the stakes were extraordinarily high. They would be risking not only their own lives but that of their only child, twelve-year-old Phillip. It was a dangerous place -- the Nazis had commandeered almost every building on their street. At number 31 was the "mad sadist" Theodor Dannecker, charged with deporting French Jews to concentration camps. Number 72 housed the Parisian headquarters of the Gestapo. As their Nazi neighbors rounded up Jews and ruthlessly destroyed all opposition, the Jacksons stepped up their own private war against Hitler. From the
American
Hospital, Sumner smuggled fallen Allied crewmen out of France. And Toquette agreed to allow the Goélette network of the
Resistance
to use their home as a drop box for vital information en route to Britain. As D-Day neared, the noose began to tighten; when the
family
's secret was finally discovered, they were sent on a journey into the black heart of the war-torn continent from which there was little chance of return. Drawing upon a wealth of primary source material and extensive interviews with Phillip Jackson, Alex Kershaw re-creates the City of Light during its darkest days"--Provided by publisher.
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