Camp Concordia: German POWs in the Midwest
by Lowell A. May
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0897451929
- ISBN 13
- 9780897451925
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Manhattan, KS: Sunflower Press, 1995 Sunflower Press, Manhattan, KS. 1995. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; several splash stains to textblock edges; slight compression folds from storage. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 146 pp 4to. This book is full of B&W photos and drawn maps that supplement the history of this POW camp for German Officers in Concordia Kansas. The author writes of its building, decommissioning, and the uses of the property after World War II. Many personal stories of prisoners, staff, and US military personnel are included. The author has used official reports, newspaper accounts and personal memories from Staff and prisoners to provide and insightful picture of life in a Midwest POW camp. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012187
- Title
- Camp Concordia: German POWs in the Midwest
- Author
- Lowell A. May
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0897451929
- ISBN 13
- 9780897451925
- Publisher
- Sunflower Press
- Place of Publication
- Manhattan, KS
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Concordia Kansas, POW Camp, World War II, German Prisoners of War, German Officers, Concordia Prisoner of War Camp, Camp Concordia, Kansas history, Concordia Kansas history.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prisoner of War; Kansas Related;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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