TY - GEN T1 - Crossing the river : a memoir of the American left, the Cold War, and life in East Germany T2 - Book collections on Project MUSE. A1 - Grossman, Victor, 1928- A2 - Solomon, Mark LA - English PP - Amherst PB - University of Massachusetts Press YR - 2003 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn606985094 AB - Faced with an accusation from the US Army's highest legal authority in 1952, Grossman left his unit stationed in Bavaria and swam the Danube to East Germany. He traces his childhood and experiences as a student, worker, and soldier; then describes life in his new home among a surprisingly large community of defectors. There is no index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). OP - 328 CN - CT275.G7796 A3 2003 SN - 9781613769874 SN - 1613769873 SN - 1558493719 SN - 9781558493711 SN - 1558493859 SN - 9781558493858 SN - 9781558497580 SN - 1558497587 KW - Grossman, Victor, : 1928- KW - Grossman, Victor. KW - Defectors : United States : Biography. KW - Defectors : Germany (East) : Biography. KW - Cold War. KW - Germany (East) : Description and travel. KW - Transfuges : États-Unis : Biographies. KW - Transfuges : Allemagne (Est) : Biographies. KW - Guerre froide. KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General KW - Defectors KW - Travel KW - Germany (East) KW - United States KW - Ost-West-Konflikt KW - Deutschland : DDR KW - USA KW - Biographies KW - Electronic books. ER -