The Resource The fire and the darkness : the bombing of Dresden, 1945, Sinclair McKay
The fire and the darkness : the bombing of Dresden, 1945, Sinclair McKay
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- Summary
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- Narrative nonfiction account of the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II. Looks at the life of the city in the days before the attack, tracks each moment of the bombing, and considers the long period of reconstruction and recovery. reconstruction of this unthinkable terror from the points of view of the ordinary civilians: Margot Hille, an apprentice brewery worker; Gisela Reichelt, a ten-year-old schoolgirl; boys conscripted into the Hitler Youth; choristers of the Kreuzkirche choir; artists, shop assistants, and classical musicians, as well as the Nazi officials stationed there
- "A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II. On February 13th, 1945 at 10:03 PM, British bombers began one of the most devastating attacks of WWII: the bombing of Dresden. The first contingent killed people and destroyed buildings, roads, and other structures. The second rained down fire, turning the streets into a blast furnace, the shelters into ovens, and whipping up a molten hurricane in which the citizens of Dresden were burned, baked, or suffocated to death. Early the next day, American bombers finished off what was left. Sinclair McKay's The Fire and the Darkness is a pulse-pounding work of history that looks at the life of the city in the days before the attack, tracks each moment of the bombing, and considers the long period of reconstruction and recovery. The Fire and the Darkness is powered by McKay's reconstruction of this unthinkable terror from the points of view of the ordinary civilians: Margot Hille, an apprentice brewery worker; Gisela Reichelt, a ten-year-old schoolgirl; boys conscripted into the Hitler Youth; choristers of the Kreuzkirche choir; artists, shop assistants, and classical musicians, as well as the Nazi officials stationed there. What happened that night in Dresden was calculated annihilation in a war that was almost over. Sinclair McKay's brilliant work takes a complex, human, view of this terrible night and its aftermath in a gripping book that will be remembered long after the last page is turned."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xxv, 369, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Part one: the approaching fury. The days before
- In the forests of the Gauleiter
- The dethroning of reason
- Art and degeneracy
- The glass man and the physicists
- 'A sort of little London'
- The science of doomsday
- The correct atmospheric conditions
- Hosing out
- The devil will get no rest
- Part two: Schreckensnacht. The day of darkness
- Five minutes before the sirens
- Into the abyss
- Shadows and light
- 10.03 p.m.
- The burning eyes
- Midnight
- The second wave
- From among the dead
- The third wave
- Part three: aftershock. Dead men and dreamers
- The radiant tombs
- The meanings of terror
- The music of the dead
- Recoil
- 'The Stalinist style'
- Beauty and remembrance
- Isbn
- 9781250258014
- Label
- The fire and the darkness : the bombing of Dresden, 1945
- Title
- The fire and the darkness
- Title remainder
- the bombing of Dresden, 1945
- Statement of responsibility
- Sinclair McKay
- Title variation
- Bombing of Dresden, 1945
- Subject
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- Dresden (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
- Germany -- Dresden
- HISTORY / Europe / Germany
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- Military operations, Aerial -- American
- 1939-1945
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany | Dresden
- Military operations, Aerial -- British
- Bombardment of Dresden (Germany : 1945)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Narrative nonfiction account of the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II. Looks at the life of the city in the days before the attack, tracks each moment of the bombing, and considers the long period of reconstruction and recovery. reconstruction of this unthinkable terror from the points of view of the ordinary civilians: Margot Hille, an apprentice brewery worker; Gisela Reichelt, a ten-year-old schoolgirl; boys conscripted into the Hitler Youth; choristers of the Kreuzkirche choir; artists, shop assistants, and classical musicians, as well as the Nazi officials stationed there
- "A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II. On February 13th, 1945 at 10:03 PM, British bombers began one of the most devastating attacks of WWII: the bombing of Dresden. The first contingent killed people and destroyed buildings, roads, and other structures. The second rained down fire, turning the streets into a blast furnace, the shelters into ovens, and whipping up a molten hurricane in which the citizens of Dresden were burned, baked, or suffocated to death. Early the next day, American bombers finished off what was left. Sinclair McKay's The Fire and the Darkness is a pulse-pounding work of history that looks at the life of the city in the days before the attack, tracks each moment of the bombing, and considers the long period of reconstruction and recovery. The Fire and the Darkness is powered by McKay's reconstruction of this unthinkable terror from the points of view of the ordinary civilians: Margot Hille, an apprentice brewery worker; Gisela Reichelt, a ten-year-old schoolgirl; boys conscripted into the Hitler Youth; choristers of the Kreuzkirche choir; artists, shop assistants, and classical musicians, as well as the Nazi officials stationed there. What happened that night in Dresden was calculated annihilation in a war that was almost over. Sinclair McKay's brilliant work takes a complex, human, view of this terrible night and its aftermath in a gripping book that will be remembered long after the last page is turned."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McKay, Sinclair
- Dewey number
- 940.54/2132142
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D757.9.D7
- LC item number
- M335 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dresden (Germany)
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Bombardment of Dresden (Germany : 1945)
- World War (1939-1945)
- HISTORY / Europe / Germany
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- Military operations, Aerial
- Military operations, Aerial
- Germany
- Label
- The fire and the darkness : the bombing of Dresden, 1945, Sinclair McKay
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one: the approaching fury. The days before -- In the forests of the Gauleiter -- The dethroning of reason -- Art and degeneracy -- The glass man and the physicists -- 'A sort of little London' -- The science of doomsday -- The correct atmospheric conditions -- Hosing out -- The devil will get no rest -- Part two: Schreckensnacht. The day of darkness -- Five minutes before the sirens -- Into the abyss -- Shadows and light -- 10.03 p.m. -- The burning eyes -- Midnight -- The second wave -- From among the dead -- The third wave -- Part three: aftershock. Dead men and dreamers -- The radiant tombs -- The meanings of terror -- The music of the dead -- Recoil -- 'The Stalinist style' -- Beauty and remembrance
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1097579472
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xxv, 369, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250258014
- Lccn
- 2019044455
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- The fire and the darkness : the bombing of Dresden, 1945, Sinclair McKay
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one: the approaching fury. The days before -- In the forests of the Gauleiter -- The dethroning of reason -- Art and degeneracy -- The glass man and the physicists -- 'A sort of little London' -- The science of doomsday -- The correct atmospheric conditions -- Hosing out -- The devil will get no rest -- Part two: Schreckensnacht. The day of darkness -- Five minutes before the sirens -- Into the abyss -- Shadows and light -- 10.03 p.m. -- The burning eyes -- Midnight -- The second wave -- From among the dead -- The third wave -- Part three: aftershock. Dead men and dreamers -- The radiant tombs -- The meanings of terror -- The music of the dead -- Recoil -- 'The Stalinist style' -- Beauty and remembrance
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1097579472
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xxv, 369, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250258014
- Lccn
- 2019044455
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
Subject
- Dresden (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
- Germany -- Dresden
- HISTORY / Europe / Germany
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- Military operations, Aerial -- American
- 1939-1945
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany | Dresden
- Military operations, Aerial -- British
- Bombardment of Dresden (Germany : 1945)
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