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MARY SCHALLER
Book Title: Deliver Us From Evil: A Southern Belle in Europe at the Outbreak of World War I
Book Description:
August 1, 1914, the Great War erupted in Europe and 120,000 American travelers across the continent suddenly found themselves in the midst of a warzone without means of escape. Among the stranded Americans was twenty-five year-old Nancy Johnson, daughter of influential U.S. Congressman from Kentucky, Ben Johnson. Using Nancy's surviving letters and photographs, her granddaughter and historian, Mary W. Schaller recounts the story of Nancy's flight from war-torn Europe. Augmenting Johnson's correspondence with original research into the plight of the American refugees, Schaller constructs a remarkable tale of Johnson and others for whom an idyllic European holiday descended without warning into a nightmarish quest for survival. Deliver Us From Evil, is the story of one woman's adventure of a lifetime set against the backdrop of World War I, with all the drama and suspense of that volatile age.
Author Biography:
A native of Washington D.C. and a graduate of the University of San Diego, Mary W. Schaller is the award-winning author of four plays, ten historical novels and three non-fiction historical memoirs. Her works have collectively sold more than one million copies world-wide and have been translated into twelve languages. She lives in Burke, VA with her husband, Martin. When not researching, Schaller enjoys traveling, reading and ice skating--although not simultaneously.
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