Bibliograph

The plateau, Maggie Paxson

Type

Label

The plateau, Maggie Paxson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The plateau

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1073097939

Responsibility statement

Maggie Paxson

Summary

"During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers - mostly children - as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why?"--, Provided by publisherIn a remote pocket of Nazi-held France, ordinary people risked their lives to rescue many hundreds of strangers, mostly Jewish children. Paxson discovered the area had a tradition of offering refuge that dates back centuries. In researching the story of a distant relative-- Daniel Trocmé-- who sheltered a group of children on the Plateau, Paxson discovered new answers, new questions, and a renewed faith in the possibilities for us all, in an age when global conflict has set millions adrift. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Unanswered -- Days of awe -- Exodus -- First on the rope -- All the little crickets -- Hands and feet -- The hunt -- Hymn to spring -- La Burle -- Elsewhere -- Suffer the children -- Song of the Cheremsha -- Along came a spider -- Mashallah -- The fruit of the tree

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