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The Resource The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sís
The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sís
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The item The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sís represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sís represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side - the Communist side - of the Iron Curtain. Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West slowly filtered into the country. Si;s learned about beat poetry, rock 'n' roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a rock band. Then came the Prague Spring of 1968, and for a teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the Beatles, this was a magical time. It was short-lived, however, brought to a sudden and brutal end by the Soviet-led invasion. But this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of new possibilities - creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 v. (unpaged)
- Note
- "Frances Foster books."
- Isbn
- 9780374347017
- Label
- The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain
- Title
- The wall
- Title remainder
- growing up behind the Iron Curtain
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Sís
- Subject
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- Czech Americans -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature
- Czechoslovakia -- Social conditions -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Sís, Peter, 1949- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature
- Illustrators -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side - the Communist side - of the Iron Curtain. Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West slowly filtered into the country. Si;s learned about beat poetry, rock 'n' roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a rock band. Then came the Prague Spring of 1968, and for a teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the Beatles, this was a magical time. It was short-lived, however, brought to a sudden and brutal end by the Soviet-led invasion. But this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of new possibilities - creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sís, Peter
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- NC975.5.S57
- LC item number
- A2 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sís, Peter
- Illustrators
- Authors, American
- Czech Americans
- Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovakia
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sís
- Note
- "Frances Foster books."
- Dimensions
- 32 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 v. (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780374347017
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 20060491 49
- Other physical details
- col. ill., maps
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)70839815
- (OCoLC)70839815
- Label
- The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sís
- Note
- "Frances Foster books."
- Dimensions
- 32 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 v. (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780374347017
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 20060491 49
- Other physical details
- col. ill., maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)70839815
- (OCoLC)70839815
Subject
- Czech Americans -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature
- Czechoslovakia -- Social conditions -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Sís, Peter, 1949- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature
- Illustrators -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
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