Win a Few : The Autobiography of the Soldier of Orange
Hazelhoff, Erik
ISBN 10: 1938886712 ISBN 13: 9781938886713
Editorial: JETLAUNCH, 2013
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Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
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Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de ref. del artículo 16219088-75
Sinopsis:
The book, the movie and now the musical about the ‘Soldier of Orange’, has been a best seller, award-winning Golden Globe motion picture, and presently the musical in Holland breaking all records for a 6-year run. But— who was the man behind this phenomenon? What made him the person he became? From his birth in Java to his death in Hawaii, this memoir answers these questions in his last book ‘Win A Few’. An idyllic childhood in Soerabaya, in The Dutch East Indies… learning the culture and spending hours in a banyan tree, made an indelible impression on this child of the Netherlands. Always curious, he broke the usual boundaries of his generation to follow his own path. Originally printed in hard cover titled ‘In Pursuit of Life. and ‘Op ‘Jacht near het Leven’ in Dutch.
Acerca del autor: From riding the freights in Depression USA as a student, to wartime freedom fighter and RAF bomber pilot, to blockade runner, NBC vice president with the Today, Home, and Tonight shows, and tramp in New York's Central Park, Erik Hazelhoff's compelling autobiography offers a dramatic insight into his truly extraordinary life. Born in Java in 1917, Dutchman Erik hitch-hiked and rode the freights across the USA in the 1930's, then wrote his first best seller, 'Rendezvous in San Francisco'. As a law student at Leiden University when World War 2 broke out, he escaped to England but returned as an undercover agent for MI6, the British Secret Service. He later received the Dutch equivalent of the Medal of Honor, and served as aide to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands upon her return from England. Erik's postwar life was no less turbulent and spanned the globe. From sales clerk and actor in Hollywood to Director of Radio Free Europe, to oil prospector in Israel, he finally came to rest on the Big Island of Hawaii. In the words of acclaimed author Len Deighton, "Erik has lived a hundred lives."
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Título: Win a Few : The Autobiography of the Soldier...
Editorial: JETLAUNCH
Año de publicación: 2013
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa blanda
Condición: Fine