About this title: This is a generously illustrated history of the little-known German internment camp located in the southern Appalachian village of Hot Springs during World War I. It is also the story of the relationship between the mountain villagers and the German prisoners in their midst, including the crew of the world's largest ship, the "Vaterland".
"In May 1917 fear and dread followed the realization that an alien 'city' would be dropped into the tiny village of 650". Thus began the saga in the United States Government took over the Mountain Park Hotel and grounds and turned it into an interment camp ...
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Edition: FIRST EDITION (Signed By Author)
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: BILTMORE PRESS, ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Date Published: 1992
Description: NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATORS. Softbound First Edition published by the BILTMORE PRESS (Asheville, North Carolina ) in 1992. 127 pages of clean, bright, highly illustrated text with no dust jacket. The interior is unblemished and unread. The illustrations are maps as well as black and white photographs of German P.O.W. 's utilized as laborers during the Second World War. The publication is New. A three panel fold-out map of the Rumboush Property of Hot springs, N.C. on the one side and the cross ... read more
Edition: 2nd printing of the1st edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: The Overmountain Press, Johnson City, TN
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9781570720741ISBN:1570720746
Description: This book is in New Unread condition. read more
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