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Six Years After D-Day: Cycling through Europe
Marie Bennett Alsmeyer
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| #3371326 in Books | University of North Texas Press | 1995-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.53 x6.05l,.64 | File type: PDF | 176 pages | ||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A European journey when Europe was still Europe.|By Tim Johnson|I just finished this remarkable book this morning and I hope that many readers find this little gem of a travelogue. Personally, I morn the passing of "Old Europe"--something that has happened in my lifetime. Although this journey took place only six years after D-Day, I can read into Alsmeyer's words the changes|From Publishers Weekly|On April Fools' Day in 1950, newlyweds Marie and Hank Alsmeyer began what the author called "a beautifully crazy senseless thing to do." Setting sail from New Orleans on a freighter bound for France, the couple arrived at Le Havre 21 days
In 1950, a young couple (both WWII veteransa WAVE and an airmanand both with GI Bill journalism degrees) quit their jobs on a South Texas weekly newspaper and embarked upon a 1200-mile bicycle tour through Europe.
Such a trip made no sense at all in 1950," writes Alsmeyer, but it was a gloriously crazy, senseless thing to do.” Based on notes, diaries, and letters, the book is more than a mere travelogue. It chronicles the people and places of po...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Six Years After D-Day: Cycling through Europe | Marie Bennett Alsmeyer. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
