THE GREAT ESCAPE IN JOHANNESBURG

Subtitle: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World Author: Kati Marton Publisher: Simon & Schuster () Edition: First Edition ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good - Dust jacket has slight edgewear. Binding: Softcover Pages: 273 Dimensions: 24 x 16 x 2.5 cm +++ by Kati Marton +++ In this insightful, moving and deftly researched book, Kati Moarton writes about nine Hungarian Jews who fled to America in the years before World War II. Fleeing fascism and anti-Semitism for the New World, each experienced insecurity, isolation and a sense of perpetual exile. Yet all achieved world fame. The scientists Leo Szilard, Edward Teller and Eugene Wigner, along with game theorist and computer pioneer, John von Neuman, spurred Albert Einstein to persuade Franklin Roosevelt to develop the atomic bomb. Robert Capa and Andre Kertesz became legendary photojournalists. Alexander Korda was the savior of the British film industry, and Michael Curtiz directed Casablanca. Arthur Koestler penned the monumental anti-Communist novel Darkness at Noon. Marton intricately charts each man's career in the context of WWII and Cold War history.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.