The bicycle runner : a memoir of love, loyalty, and the Italian resistance
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New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 304 pages ; 22 cm.
Status
Adult Nonfiction / HISTORY
940.53 / ROMAG, G / bicycle
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940.53 / ROMAG, G / bicycle
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Published
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Description
Like all boys growing up in Rome during the 1930s and 1940s, the author was expected to join the Balilla--Italy's fascist Youth Organization. With political divisions running deep in the families within his palazzo, he and his motley group of friends were recruited into the underground Resistance. Racing around Rome on bicycles, they smuggled messages and weapons for the partisans. Later, the author fled to the Italian countryside and narrowly avoided German mop-up operations--despite being sold out by his most trusted of friends. But this is much more than a war story. Lyrical in language, rich in sentimentality, and possessing the magic of a Fellini film, Romagnoli's memoir is a charmingly told tale of the search for manhood and the bonds of family and friendship.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Romagnoli, G. F. (2009). The bicycle runner: a memoir of love, loyalty, and the Italian resistance . Thomas Dunne Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Romagnoli, G. Franco. 2009. The Bicycle Runner: A Memoir of Love, Loyalty, and the Italian Resistance. Thomas Dunne Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Romagnoli, G. Franco. The Bicycle Runner: A Memoir of Love, Loyalty, and the Italian Resistance Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Romagnoli, G. Franco. The Bicycle Runner: A Memoir of Love, Loyalty, and the Italian Resistance Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.
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