03355cam a2200385 4500 234923823 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780792741176 079274117X d7a6a352-c6f1-4562-afb1-009b3917629d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 97262 OverDrive (Product ID) 9781538596920 97262 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kershaw, Alex. The Longest Winter [Libby] : The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon. Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2006. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 267MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 267MB. Military. Nonfiction. THE LONGEST WINTER brings the 18 brave men of a WWII platoon to life as they fight a fierce battle in which they kill 500 Germans. When captured, the heroes suffer severe hardships--such as soup made from insects and intractable diarrhea--in a German POW camp. Since the story moves back and forth between conversations of American and German troops, some German accents would help indicate when the enemy is speaking. Nonetheless, Grover Gardner, sounding inspired and involved, inflects the narrative with a vitality suited to the changing scenes. History lovers can look forward to a story not told in audio before. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. HTML:<p>December 1944: Deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under the command of twenty-year-old lieutenant Lyle Bouck huddle in their foxholes. Under attack and vastly outnumbered, they repulse three German assaults in a fierce day-long battle, killing over five hundred Germans. Only when Bouck's men run out of ammunition do they surrender. As POWs, Bouck's platoon experience an ordeal far worse than combat: trigger-happy German guards, Allied bombing raids, and a daily ration of thin soup. Somehow, the men of Bouck's platoon all miraculously survive. Alex Kershaw brings to life the story of America's most decorated small unit of the war, and one of the most inspiring stories in American history.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:11. Gardner, Grover. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=d7a6a352-c6f1-4562-afb1-009b3917629d http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1138-1/097262-TheLongestWinter.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1138-1/097262-TheLongestWinter.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D7A6A352-C6F1-4562-AFB1-009B3917629D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1138-1/097262-TheLongestWinter.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1138-1/097262-TheLongestWinter.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D7A6A352-C6F1-4562-AFB1-009B3917629D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)