Shadows of War
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About the Book
Shadows of War tells the story of World War II as few Americans know it.
In the mid-1930s a high school history teacher inspires a student to look beyond his small hometown. He becomes a Foreign Service officer, and they then anchor a World War II story that provides perspectives little known to Americans. A Romanian princess cares for more than 3,000 orphans and rescues more than 1,000 downed American flyers – and tussles with the SS to keep the POWs from their control at considerable risk to herself. On air raids over
About the Author
Mike Johnson is the author of four meticulously researched historical novels as well as a fifth book – Mascot, Minister, Man of Steel-The Final Reunion – that tells the story of kids he knew in his youth and with whom he reunited decades later. They had known serious hardships and handled them with courage and grace. The resulting book pays tribute to the resilience of the human spirit. In researching his historical novels, Johnson has visited nations from