The time of the young soldiers

Hans Peter Richter

Original title: Die Zeit der jungen Soldaten

earliest edition we have, 1976 Kestrel Books, 1976 128 pages

"This book describes the boy's experience of the war before he is old enough to join up - his meeting with a French prisoner of war who communicates to him that he has sons of the boy's age, the death of his cousin in a bombing raid, his pride in Germany's presumed victory, and his work at the railway station as soldiers pass through their way to the front. At seventeen, he joins up, eager and optimistic..." --Inside...

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The Time of the Young Soldiers paperback · 1989 · HarperCollins Publishers · 128 pages · 9780006935216
The time of the young soldiers edition · 1976 · Kestrel Books · 128 pages
Die Zeit Der Jungen Soldat paperback · Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. · 142 pages · 9783423078313

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