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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Peter K. Lutken Jr. , E. R. LutkenPublisher: University Press of Mississippi Imprint: University Press of Mississippi Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 21.80cm Weight: 0.226kg ISBN: 9781496845146ISBN 10: 1496845145 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 31 May 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA Thousand Places Left Behind is a well-written, engaging memoir of a Mississippi-born man thrown into World War II. Lutken's experiences in unconventional warfare and as an American in V Force offer a unique perspective in World War II historiography.--Troy J. Sacquety, author of The OSS in Burma: Jungle War against the Japanese A Thousand Places Left Behind is absolutely fascinating. Any serious World War II student needs to read this interesting, at times astounding, book.--Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, author of German Boy: A Refugee's Story Author InformationPeter K. Lutken, Jr. (1920-2014) born and raised in Mississippi, was a veteran of World War II, serving in the OSS in Burma. After the war, he attended Harvard Business School and received his MBA on the GI Bill and then worked as a businessman in Mississippi and later in Texas. E. R. Lutken worked as a family physician on the Navajo Nation for many years, then taught science and math in rural Colorado. She is author of a poetry collection, Manifold: poetry of mathematics, and her poems have appeared in journals and anthologies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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