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History, Biographies & Memoirs

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Alex Kershaw is the author of the widely acclaimed best sellers The Bedford Boys, The Longest Winter, The Few, and Escape from the Deep, as well as biographies of both Jack London and Robert Capa. His latest book is The Envoy. He lives in Massachusetts.

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500 DAYS

Just winding up my first draft of a new book, 500 Days, about an extraordinary officer, Felix Sparks, and his men. They liberated Europe, fighting from Sicily to Dachau during 511 days of war. read more »

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Books by Alex Kershaw

Average rating: 3.98 · 1,768 ratings · 252 reviews · 20 distinct works

	The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon 4.02 avg rating — 615 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-day Sacrifice 4.07 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew 3.90 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain 3.80 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 2006 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II 4.08 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa 3.99 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Jack London: A Life 3.58 avg rating — 45 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	To Save a People. Alex Kershaw 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	CAPA. Szampan i krew 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	500 Days: One Soldier's Odyssey from the Invasion of Sicily to the Liberation of Dachau 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2012	My rating:

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Alex Kershaw liked Andrew's review of The Longest Winter: " re-read this a month ago because when trying to remember some things, they escaped me,,,, have to say that when reading history I like to be able to know the author's sources and that is one thing I like about Alex's books is his insistence on talk... " Read more of this review »
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“Like his other books, Kershaw has written a rousing tale of little-known heroes . . . The Few marks Kershaw as a master storyteller." — Booklist”
― Alex Kershaw, The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain

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