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The iron curtain
Unknown author · historical fiction
Volume six of Robert Vaughan's American Chronicles begins with the emergence of a new America from the fiery furor of World War II; an America ready and eager to grasp the future. But the country cannot escape the shadows of the past horrors nor the obligation to the brave souls who fought for liberty and peace. Amongst the defeated Germany facing her fate at Nuremberg and a Red scare making its mark in every household laid stories of courage, celebration, and the realization of destinies. Holocaust survivor Anna Gelbman heads off to Palestine to fight for a new homeland and to search for a
About this historical novel
The iron curtain by Unknown author is historical fiction rooted in Global / multiple. Volume six of Robert Vaughan's American Chronicles begins with the emergence of a new America from the fiery furor of World War II; an America ready and eager to grasp the future. But the country cannot escape the shadows of the past horrors nor the obligation to the brave souls who fought for liberty and peace. Amongst the defeated Germany facing her fate at Nuremberg and a Red scare making its mark in every household laid stories of courage, celebration, and the realization of destinies. Holocaust survivor Anna Gelbman heads off to Palestine to fight for a new homeland and to search for a
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Volume six of Robert Vaughan's American Chronicles begins with the emergence of a new America from the fiery furor of World War II; an America ready and eager to grasp the future. But the country cannot escape the shadows of the past horrors nor the obligation to the brave souls who fought for liberty and peace. Amongst the defeated Germany facing her fate at Nuremberg and a Red scare making its mark in every household laid stories of courage, celebration, and the realization of destinies. Holocaust survivor Anna Gelbman heads off to Palestine to fight for a new homeland and to search for a
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- fiction
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