The Resource A Light Beyond the Trenches : a novel of WWI, Alan Hlad
A Light Beyond the Trenches : a novel of WWI, Alan Hlad
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The item A Light Beyond the Trenches : a novel of WWI, Alan Hlad represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nesmith Library.
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- Summary
- "By April 1916, the fervor that accompanied war's outbreak has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting on the western front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr. Stalling, the director of the Red Cross Ambulance Dogs Association, she witnesses a rare spark of optimism: as a German shepherd guides a battle-blinded soldier over a garden path, Dr. Stalling is inspired with an idea to train dogs as companions for sightless veterans. Anna convinces Dr. Stalling to let her work at his new guide dog training school. Some of the dogs that arrive are themselves veterans of war, including Nia, a German shepherd with trench-damaged paws. Anna brings the ailing Nia home and secretly tends and trains her, convinced she may yet be the perfect guide for the right soldier. In Max Benesch, a Jewish soldier blinded by chlorine gas at the front, Nia finds her person. War has taken Max's sight, his fiancée, and his hopes of being a composer. Still, through Anna's prompting, he rediscovers his passion for music. But as Anna discovers more about the conflict's escalating brutality and Bruno's role in it, she realizes how impossible it will be for any of them to escape the war unscathed..."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 533 pages (large print)
- Note
-
- Regular print version previously published by Kensington Publishing Corp
- Includes author's note with background information
- Isbn
- 9781638082996
- Label
- A Light Beyond the Trenches : a novel of WWI
- Title
- A Light Beyond the Trenches
- Title remainder
- a novel of WWI
- Statement of responsibility
- Alan Hlad
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "By April 1916, the fervor that accompanied war's outbreak has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting on the western front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr. Stalling, the director of the Red Cross Ambulance Dogs Association, she witnesses a rare spark of optimism: as a German shepherd guides a battle-blinded soldier over a garden path, Dr. Stalling is inspired with an idea to train dogs as companions for sightless veterans. Anna convinces Dr. Stalling to let her work at his new guide dog training school. Some of the dogs that arrive are themselves veterans of war, including Nia, a German shepherd with trench-damaged paws. Anna brings the ailing Nia home and secretly tends and trains her, convinced she may yet be the perfect guide for the right soldier. In Max Benesch, a Jewish soldier blinded by chlorine gas at the front, Nia finds her person. War has taken Max's sight, his fiancée, and his hopes of being a composer. Still, through Anna's prompting, he rediscovers his passion for music. But as Anna discovers more about the conflict's escalating brutality and Bruno's role in it, she realizes how impossible it will be for any of them to escape the war unscathed..."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hlad, Alan
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3608.L33
- LC item number
- L64 2022
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nurses
- Guide dogs
- Disabled veterans
- World War, 1914-1918
- Large type books
- Disabled veterans
- Guide dogs
- Large type books
- Nurses
- Germany
- Label
- A Light Beyond the Trenches : a novel of WWI, Alan Hlad
- Note
-
- Regular print version previously published by Kensington Publishing Corp
- Includes author's note with background information
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 533 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781638082996
- Lccn
- 2022930279
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1295352851
- (OCoLC)on1295352851
- Label
- A Light Beyond the Trenches : a novel of WWI, Alan Hlad
- Note
-
- Regular print version previously published by Kensington Publishing Corp
- Includes author's note with background information
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 533 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781638082996
- Lccn
- 2022930279
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1295352851
- (OCoLC)on1295352851
Subject
- Fiction
- Germany
- Guide dogs
- Guide dogs -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Large print books
- Large print books.?2lcgft
- Disabled veterans
- Large type books
- Nurses
- Nurses -- Germany -- Fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Disabled veterans -- Fiction
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