The Cretan runner
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Grand Canyon Community Library - Non-Fiction
940.534 PSYCHOUNDAKIS, GEORGE
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940.534 PSYCHOUNDAKIS, GEORGE
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Book
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xi, 330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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English
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Originally published in English: London : J. Murray, 1955.
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"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 Mountains to the western slopes of Mount Ida to transmit messages and transport goods, and his enduring friendships with British officers (like his eventual translator Patrick Leigh Fermor) whose missions he helped to carry out with unflagging courage, energy, and good humor"--,Provided by publisher.
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Text in English: translated from the Greek original.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Psychoundakis, G., Fermor, P. L., & Fielding, X. (2015). The Cretan runner . NYRB Classics.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Psychoundakis, George, 1920-, Patrick Leigh, Fermor and Xan, Fielding. 2015. The Cretan Runner. NYRB Classics.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Psychoundakis, George, 1920-, Patrick Leigh, Fermor and Xan, Fielding. The Cretan Runner NYRB Classics, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Psychoundakis, George, Patrick Leigh Fermor, and Xan Fielding. The Cretan Runner NYRB Classics, 2015.
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