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Two printed pages of "The Concentration Camp Memorial of Mittelbau-Dora, Nordhausen", with the following sections highlighted: "is 20 kilometers long and 30 meters high."; "catacombs"; "the two main galleries with a length of around 100 meters". The original website printed at the bottom of page 1 is no longer accessible
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10 printed out pages of "163256: A Memoir of Resistance" by Michael Englishman. The top of page 62 has "Mike Englishman" hand written on the top. Description from Amazon: "163256: A Memoir of Resistance is Michael Englishman’s astonishing story of courage, resourcefulness, and moral fibre as a Dutch Jew during World War II and its aftermath, from the Nazi occupation of Holland in 1940, through his incarceration in numerous death and labour camps, to his eventual liberation by Allied soldiers in 1945 and his emigration to Canada. Surviving by his wits, Englishman escaped death time and again, committing daring acts of bravery to do what he thought was right—helping other prisoners escape and actively participating in the underground resistance.
A man who refused to surrender his spirit despite the loss of his wife and his entire family to the Nazis, Englishman kept a promise he had made to a friend, and sought his friend’s children after the war. With the children’s mother, he made a new life in Canada, where he continued his resistance, tracking neo-Nazi cells and infiltrating their headquarters to destroy their files.
Until his death in August 2007, Englishman remained active, speaking out against racism and hatred in seminars for young people. His gripping story should be widely read and will be of interest to scholars of auto/biography, World War II history, and the Holocaust."
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A photograph of a stack of papers taken from the side. Ann-Marie has verified these documents as the full transcription of the Steven Truscott trial.
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A postcard of an alley in Berlin's Kreuzberg district.
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The publication information for "Dora: The Nazi Concentration Camp where Modern Space Technology was Born and 30,000 Prisoners Died" from ALMARK & CO.
A holding for the book "Dora: The Nazi Concentration Camp where Modern Space Technology was Born and 30,000 Prisoners Died" from Almark and Co. Booksellers in Thornhill, Ontario. The book was written by Jean Michel and Louis Nucera.
A synopsis of the book reads as follows:
"This is the chilling first-person account of a concentration camp that has remained virtually unknown - yet it is the place where the very foundations of the United States and Soviet space programs were laid. 'Dora' was the strangely feminine name that Nazis gave to the camp that inmates and guards of Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald regarded as the worst of all. Jean Michel, a member of the French Resistance who survived Dora tells the horrifying story that historians have avoided. Hidden rocket facilities were established at Dora to ensure secrecy after the Allied bombing of Pennemünde in 1943. Concentration camp inmates hacked tunnels by hand into the Harz Mountains to house the factories. 60,000 Slaves Built V1s & V2s for the Nazis, laying the foundation of the United States and Soviet space programs and 30,000 died."
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A postcard featuring a photograph of a forested trail in the Tiergarten District of Berlin. The back of the postcard reads: "Im Tiergartenviertel (Ehemaliges Diplomatenviertel)". In English, this translates to "In the Tiergarten District (Former Diplomatic Quarter)"
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Eight separate sheets of notes arranged on a larger sheet of paper. The first sheet reads as follows:
"3 Stooges:
"Your blitz is on
the fritz"
-"Herring" instead of "Goring"
-pig latin
-playing with naked
Barbie Dolls
-"I see London, i see
France..."
-playing with toy
garage - two storey
-fort re telling <INDECIPHERABLE>
papers
-"Your Majesty"
-PIG LATIN
-"That was so funny i
forgot to laugh""
The second sheet reads as follows:
""hates my guts"
"last pick"
Grace is TEN
Underducks
SIMON: "full stop"
lingo
Jake + Danielle
-chewing with retainer + braces,
chewing his tongue for 5 min
to promote stream of
saliva
-armpit farts
-hiccups
-strand of spit to floor,
then back up again
-Barbie doll, thumbless,
"Sue, i'm on the fourth step,
why won't you play with me?""
The third sheet reads as follows:
""Sue, I have a <knife>. <And>
i'm coming to play with you"
- ... "bloody fingers"
-propelling <one's> arm
to make hand red +
puffy -> broken
capillaries
-games: rock, paper,
scissors.
shoot, reload, block
-smelly feet
-squishing marshmallows
until they become
"ghost gum""
The fourth sheet reads as follows:
"Dick Dastardly
foiled again!
drat! double drat,
triple drat
Mutley (the dog)
Penelope Pitstop
The Ant Hill Gang
"Make with the footwork
<yous mays>"
delighted with his devilish
deeds
Taste the wrath of the Inc Hulk"
The fifth sheet reads as follows:
"Don't think about it.
Think about Bugs Bunny
in a sports car wearing
a cravatte."
The sixth sheet reads as follows:
"Casper the Friendly
Ghost
Richie Rich
Archie
Little Lotta"
The seventh sheet reads as follows:
"-wash the dishes dry
the dishes turn the
dishes over
-double dutch"
The eighth sheet reads as follows:
"Now i've heard everything.
That was so funny i forgot
to laugh.
I know you are but
what am i?"
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A continuation of a page of handwritten notes, including a new page of notes underneath. The continuation of notes from the first page reads as follows:
"-RICHARD GEHLEN ORG
- NAT. GEOGRAPHIC -CIA CUTOUT
-A RUDOLPH - dept US Army Pershing Missiles
Coordinator SATURN S
Gen. Walt. Dornberger - missile consultant - retired
to Buffalo - VP Bell Aerosystems
BVM says "I'm not <INDECIPHERABLE>
-Third Secret of Fatima
-SIMON - Paperclip is clean - unlike operations <INDECIPHERABLE>
Nazi torture techniques abroad
'60 -Jupiters in Turkey, Thors in Britain
Minutemen ICBM Polaris SL BM
B52
Edgewater also fueled by Paperclip: LSA + gas exp.
PCP - Mescalin
RUS servicemen + "others""
On the page of notes beneath, it reads as follows:
"... Missile Crisis - Can. alert measures. Haydon page 94
... feels helpless to defend his family - FRIED his only chance
SIMON criticizes Ken. for Bay of Pigs + Jupiters in Turkey
Dief cuts himself off vs JFK who get all advice he can
... so that Ken. has successfully averted war
SIMON often the voice of dissent
... US + CAN forces highly integrated / interchangeable
(BSP? Haydon <206>)
Jack's pretext for visiting Fried - meeting / interviewing
guest lecturers from Western U. (thinks of asking Fried?)
... Malaysia Egypt Germany France Nigeria
... we all had to store emergency supplies in basement
locker
... feeling useless in Cent. during crisis - Jack almost tells
him but doesn't
... America - <songs>, car, clothes, hair, smile
... taking ELIZ. for walk on his own after RICK
arrested - she tries to talk to police
DIEF - punished in election for Missile Crisis + bad <rapports> <INDECIPHERABLE>
with JFK
Mr. Lemmon speaks as though suppressing a burp
2 tunnels - almost 2 miles long
14 yards wide
10 yards high
46 parallel tunnels 220
V2's 13 tons 16 yds <long>
-railway lines linked 2 <INDECIPHERABLE>
to tracks outside -> <INDECIPHERABLE>
-mouth of cave 20 yds high
-down wooden steps + guard
-poorly lit
-diesel locomotive, bell ring
-rubbed down missiles with <INDECIPHERABLE>
-tested pressure, tuned jet <engine>
-<forging hall>"
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A continuation of a page of handwritten notes. The page reads as follows:
"-JACK is proud of Canadians who fought in KOREA
-Canada as dumping ground
for UK US "defectors"
"happy hunting grounds"
also Jack too big for Spit -> -blue eyes fighter <INDECIPHERABLE>
brown bombers <INDECIPHERABLE>
1ST WAR
-reliance on Brit + US screening
-anyone who decries war criminals
is accused of being tool of Soviet
propaganda - SIMON
-war criminals <temp.> citizens of the
Vatican State
-PHILBY also recruited former Nazis
-in '46 Canada was told + decided
to drop inv. of crimes against Can.
soldiers (480 Rodal)
Rosenbaum + Cutler '48 UK sent secret message
to Commonwealth - Canada replied
"no comment" because it had already
decided in '46
-Goderich SIFTO SALT mines
Schaiffer Pen Co.
-<Crediton> - piano factory
-EXPECTATION that Fried is here
for year long cooling off period
-SIMON tells Jack that Castro was
scouted by the NY Giants
-LAIKA the dog in Sputnik 2
WHAT FRIED has to offer apart from
ICBM info spec.: see Notebook 4
page 31"
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A page of handwritten notes in two columns. The first column reads as follows:
"POINTS
-BLAIR is gracious <re> acknowledging
superiority of Can. pilots, does
not express resentment at
"back water" posting.
-His next posting will be Wright Patterson
to begin astronaut training?
- Gynamer Trophy won by Can's
- NO RIFLES "never hold a rifle" - Dad
-Jack: joke about trying to get
RCAF guys to march in a
straight line
- CHEF Boyardee for lunch
-MAURICE / MAURICE CHEVALIER -
When MAD. sings "Thank Heaven" refer to
JACK's opinion <re> "collaborator"
Bridge Party MIMI
FROELICH - makes wine
RICK - restore him talking on } through Mad's eyes
R. + Marsha"
The second column reads as follows:
"-MIMI plays Jacques Brel &
Mireille Mathieu
-does not like the country +
<western> of her youth
USAFE chapter title?
-squadron set out from 4WING
to test Soviet response time - part of ATAF (Allied Tactical Air Force)
-Jack talks about taking Mike up in
a Chipmunk? NEVER DOES
-Mike provokes J. when he calls him "Sir"
that's American and "lootenant"
-JACK tells Mad. about [female symbol] ferrying aircraft in war
-frost MIMI frost - <free> fridge
-JACK - had the blue eyes favoured for pilots
- pretending to be TEXAN to get a date
- baked Alaska
- MAD never wants to go with MIMI
while she gets her hair done
-Alger Hiss's "Pumpkin Papers"
-Jupiter Missiles in Turkey -> Missile Crisis"
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A page of handwritten notes that is a continuation of RCAF expressions. It reads as follows:
"Kremlinologists = demonologists
tinder box = Berlin
flexible response
trade craft
dead drop
back channel communications
porous borders
points of entry
the whole shebang
the pressure's off
getting things geared up
things are ticking over pretty good
SIMON: there's a limit to how may
deals you can make with the Devil
before the Devil takes his due.
briefing Jack to Mad."
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A page of handwritten notes that is a continuation of RCAF expressions. It reads as follows:
"a scrub - <(cancellation)>
average flying hours per Lanc = 40
50000 pilots from BCATP
old Lancs recycled into pots + pans - chicken coops
6 weeks average lifespan of a bomber crew
for openers
"points of entry" porous
Bombs away with Curtis leMay - <re> Cuba "delete it"
sharpened
burn the books + head for the bunker
difficult delicate + pressing (Rodal 464)
last flypast
The end of the beginning
loose lips sink ships
blood + treasure / war treasure
USAFE SHAPE (150 nukes for CAN in Eur.) deployed
Office of Strategic Services
(Oh So Secret)
spools in black suit
flash priority
false dockets
not a flight at all (Fried's defection) but a mission
false dockets
ardent Nazi
mere opportunist
maximum peril
eyeball to eyeball"
There are a few notes written off to the right side of the page, reading as follows:
"come <unglued>
I'm easy
<adrift>
get the chop
atomic diplomacy
not too shabby
SIMON
quite
another fine mess
worse luck"
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A page of handwritten notes organized into two columns. The first one reads as follows:
"RCAF expressions + facts/military
Press on
sharp end
17,000 RCAF dead in WWII - Bomber Command - 9,919
the pressure's off
organize - to steal
God watches over 1st solos
changing seats in the air
meat wagons - ambulance
-inverted spin at 8000 feet recons at 600
(109) -reprimand
RED OUT opp. of BLACK OUT
(Behind the Glory)
the iron compass - railroad
137000 aircrew trained in CANADA
40000 Brits killed in Blitz
You're on (tonight) (for bombing)
give the word (order)
900-1000 Bombers in the stream
a stall turn
put it on the target
35000 killed on on night - Hamburg
55000 in Hamburg whole war
7 crew to a bomber
shot down by the light of a burning bomber
it not the MOON
900 buried at Commonwealth War Cemetery in Yorkshire
Fighter given campaign medals - Bombers were not
We'll play it by ear
Your flank is covered, Jack"
The second column reads as follows:
"Under a cloak of secrecy
I.F.F. Identification Friend or Foe
<(100 Haydon)>
De Fall in
"Get 'em all lined up + for
God's sake don't try to march!"
Handover Parader Jack
U.S. Hawks "nuke 'em and pave 'em"
atomic diplomacy
sharpened
1st strike / 2nd strike
peaceful co-existence
SI: I'll take any kicks that are coming
Good show
never "plane" - always "aeroplane"
Squadronscramble
dash + glamour
I must want my head examined
old boy
clear + present danger
ever widening circles of risk
flying with only one wing
FLYING BLIND / BLIND FLYING
full stop
evasive action
greenside up
come to grief
Blind Approach Training
Keep your heading, don't deviate
You're on the battle order
Mae West"
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Notes from a notebook with an illustration of a bicycle streamer below.
The notes read as follows:
"down and finds out that the
installation was abandoned
are there still tunnels? bunkers?
is there a body of a child
there? the pink plastic streamer
from Claire's bicycle?"
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A collection of notes alongside a drawing of TWTCF character Henry's profile.
The notes read as follows:
"Slovakian farmer came to Canada
works as janitor on base
p.64 War Criminals in Canada
like Kirschbaum in Winnepeg? / tobacco farm labourer
Froelich says of/to Jak "All I needed was one good neighbour."
RICKY lifeguard at the pool."
The man pictured (Henry) appears to have curly hair, a sparse moustache and goatee, and is wearing a striped tie.
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Drawing by AMM. Seems to be a rocket taking off. It looks like earth is in the top right corner, so maybe this is launching off the the moon?
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First published in 1987, The Illustrated History of Canada was the first comprehensive, authoritative one-volume history of the country. It featured chapters by seven of Canada's leading historians and hundreds of engravings, lithographs, cartoons, maps, posters, and photographs. Together, these elements created a sweeping chronicle of Canada from its earliest times to yesterday's news. Now The Illustrated History of Canada has been fully updated to bring readers into the twenty-first century, with new material on such topics as the rise of small government, the recognition of Native land claims, Canada's role in the post-Cold War peace, and the 2011 federal election. More than ever, The Illustrated History of Canada is a must-have reference guide for all Canadians interested in the history - and the future - of our country.
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A sketch by AMM of a hill with a tree on it, with a crow (presumably) flying overhead, its arc drawn with a line. I am slightly unsure of what is being depicted on the far right of the page next to the tree. The title of the book is in the top left. I am speculating that is it a cover design draft.
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This image is a map of RCAF Station Centralia, with a detailed image of the layout on the left and a key on the right, which gives the name of the location matching with its assigned number.
The key reads as follows (in the image, all letters are capitalized):
- Barber Shop ----- 16
- Barrack Warden ----- 29
- Central Warehouse ----- 71
- Central Officers School HC ----- 66
- Gestetner Service ----- 71
- Language Training ----- 2
- Supply Training ----- 61
- Training Standards ----- 42
- Engineering Centre ----- 2 HGR
- Armament ----- 2 HGR
- Military Training ----- 3 HGR
- Civilian Personnel Officer ----- 81
- Chapels: Protestant ----- 84
- Roman Catholic ----- 79
- Construction Engineering ----- 36
- Dental Clinic ----- 14
- Guardhouse ----- 27
- Library ----- 22
- Medical Selection Unit & Infirmary ----- 13
- Messes: Officers ----- 68
- Sergeants ----- 6
- Mess Hall: Combined
- Airmen & Off. Cadets ----- 11
- Manpower Standards Unit ----- 6 HGR
- Officers Selection Unit ----- 1 HGR
- Officer Development Hicniter FLT ----- 42
- Old Control Tower ----- 20
- Photo Section & Cos Graphic Artist ----- 2
- Primary Flying School HQ ----- 4 HGR (MAMM has written an asterix next to this and added "VIC")
- PFS Ground School ----- 4 HGR
- Quarters: Officer Cadets ----- 8.5
- Officers ----- 3. 3G. E4, 65
- SR. NCOs ----- 6
- OSU Candidates ----- 7
- Other Ranks ----- 10
- Recreation Centre & Snack Bar ----- 19
- Rancall Arena ----- 86
- Security Investigation Cent. ----- 3 HGR
- Social Services: Tailor Shop -----
- Dry Canteen ----- ,75
- Mail Room -----
- Bank -----
- Staticn Headquarters ----- 1
- Supply Section & Bedding Supply ----- 63
- Theatre ----- 18
On the left side of the image, the map, MAMM has outlined 3 figures in red and with the same colour has written:
- Library
- Rec Centre
- Message Centre
- C.O.S
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This is an image of the cover of the Fall 1998 edition of Queen's Quarterly magazine. Its content is written by Charles Taylor, titled "Globalization and the Future of Canada". Here, Charles Taylor reflects on the troubled Canadian federation, and argues that the nation state has provided both the ideals and the practical tools to enable us to realize our potential as citizens of this country; now the time has come for us to broaden those ideals and collectively devise the tools that will see us realize our potential as citizens of the world.
More text on the front of the magazine reads:
- "WHO OWNS HISTORY?"
- "National Magazine Award 1998"
There is a barcode on the item which reads:
- Fall 1998
- GORDON & GOTCH CANADA
- $6.50
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A paper containing miscellaneous sketches.
The sketches include the following:
1. A suit jacket and tie with glasses floating above
2. A road in the forest trailing off into the distance
3. A woman with curly hair in a skirt
4. A vintage TV set with a broken screen
5. Two hotdogs, a cup, and french-fries
6. A hairy goat
7. A box of vinyl records
8. The Canadian flag on a pole in the wind
9. A group of cornstalks
10. The words, "TEEN TOWN"
11. A white building with a turret protruding from its center and a dark trail extending behind it
12. The face of an older man with glasses and a large chin
13. The face of a man with a moustache and a military / navy cap
14. The face of a man with a top hat and straw / wheat in his mouth
15. The face of a man with glasses and neatly parted hair
16. A charcoal barbeque with a rotisserie over top
17. Hitler doing a Nazi salute
18. A man with a big nose in service dress uniform
19. A bike with a basket attached to the front
20. The words, "MUST HAVE BEEN SUMMER" written in the bottom right
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A web article containing first-hand accounts from soldiers of the 104th Infantry Division who, along with the 3rd Armored Division and the 9th Infantry Division, liberated the Mittelbau Dora concentration camp on April 11, 1945. The accounts come from interviews in Leo Arthur Hoegh's book, "Timberwolf Tracks: The History Of The 104th Infantry Division, 1942-1945". The accounts that are quoted in this article came from Sergeant Ragene Ferris of the 329th Medical Batallion, and Leon Karalokian of the 104th Signal Company.
There are highlighted portions of the article, those being the following excerpts:
"In a caravan of trucks we rushed into a job which proved unbelievable to an American: a job distasteful and sobering: one created by the fanatical inhuman Nazi machine. We found out the full meaning of the words ‘Concentration Camp.’"
"It was like stepping into the Dark Ages to walk into one of these cellar-cells and seek out the living; like walking into a world apart and returning to bring these shadow-men into the environment of a clean American ambulance."
"The very few walking skeletons able to stand wandered about dazedly in the now familiar striped uniforms, bodies shrunken, white faces blood drained, reaching for the hands of their liberators as they shed their tears. Battle-hardened men of the 104th wept too."
"There are those who now maintain Hitler’s holocaust never occurred. Would that it was possible to take the doubters by the hand, back through the years, and point out the tragedy of this minor concentration camp!"
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The cover of "I Volunteered: Canadian Vietnam Vets Remember" by Tracey Arial. The bottom right features the logo of the Vietnam Veterans in Canada. The left side of the cover features three photographs (from top to bottom): 1. two helicopters landing on a beach next to two soldiers, 2. two rows of soldiers at attention lined up in front of what appears to be a mess hall, and 3. three soldiers covering their ears from the sound of a mortar firing.
The synopsis reads as follows: "Everyone knows that Canada sheltered over 30,000 Americans escaping the draft, but not many are aware that for every draft dodger, a Canadian illegally volunteered to fight for the U.S. armed forces in Vietnam. Canadians turned a blind eye to them. Both the Canadian government and the average Canadian chose not to admit that we had any part in America's dirty war. The Canadian volunteers were the invisible army. Those who returned were shunned or forgotten. I Volunteered is their story."
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The cover of "Our Hearts Went Boom: The Beatles' Invasion of Canada" by Brian Kendall. The cover features a photograph of the Beatles from when they performed at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on September 7, 1964. It also features three photographs along the bottom (from left to right): 1. police officers trying to restrain a crowd of ecstatic female fans, 2. a group of fans, one in particular holding a flag with the faces of the four Beatles surrounding a maple leaf, and 3. a crowd of fans gathered outside a theatre that displays "Monday The Beatles", with a fan holding a homemade "YEAH RINGO!" sign.
The book is said to detail the Beatles' first trip to Canada in the 1960s. A review from Jack Broumpton, assistant professor of music at Laurentian University, helps give a more detailed synopsis: "This book provides a rare and refreshing look at how the four boys from Liverpool inspired pandemonium at their Canadian concerts in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal. It also introduces the reader to a number of colorful figures from the Canadian radio and television history while allowing a glimpse into the workings of a very young Canadian music industry. The story of the Canadian visit is told in six short chapters that feature reproduced newspaper articles and Beatles memorabilia with a definite Canadian flavor. The visit is placed in a historical perspective context with other notable events of the day."
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Description from Thriftbooks: "A new edition of a classic novel from one of Canada's most sensational crime authors. Near London, Ontario, in the Lucan district, even the bravest were scared to ride at night. The notorious Donnelly family - brawlers, murderers, robbers, arsonists - were despised and feared, and their reign of bloodshed and terror gripped the community... until the townspeople planned their revenge. The Black Donnellys is the tale of the most vicious feud in southwestern Ontario history. Blending parts of a true story with generous spoonfuls of fiction, crime author Thomas P. Kelley's sensational interpretation of this tragedy raised the Donnellys from local folklore to a shocking piece of Canadiana. Originally published in 1954, this classic has stood the test of time - pulling in generation after generation of readers with its thrilling details about the tumultuous lives and tragic deaths of five members of the Donnelly family on one night in February 1880. This new edition of The Black Donnellys - which is introduced by Ray Fazakas, the foremost expert in Donnelly family history - is sure to captivate yet another generation of historical fiction lovers and crime novel aficionados. This description may be from another edition of this product. "