Woman of Violence: Memoirs of a Young Terrorist, 1943-1948
by Cohen, Geula; Halkin, Hillel [Translator]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited. Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. First English Edition. Hardcover. 275 pages. Footnotes. "Geula Cohen [1925-2019] was a ranking member of the notorious Stern Gang in its fight against the British for a free Palestine (Israel). Her memoirs explode with the ferocious intensity of her terrorist faith, her inflexible idealism. An open and intimate portrait of a woman, and the conditions that drove her underground to embrace a philosophy of violence and terror." - dust jacket. "I have no doubt that [this book] will be a proud memorial to the daring fighters who offered their lives for the cause of Jewish redemption. It also attests to the supreme nobility of the soul of its writer." - David Ben-Gurion. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Moderate lean to spine. Soiling to back panel of dust jacket which is otherwise moderately worn and now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Geula Cohen, Biography, Stern Gang, Zionism, Founding of Israel, Terrorism, Palestine , Radio broadcasts, Eliyauus Hakim, Beit Zuri, Moshe Barazani, Meir Feinstein .
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- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 463H3834
- Title
- Woman of Violence: Memoirs of a Young Terrorist, 1943-1948
- Author
- Cohen, Geula; Halkin, Hillel [Translator]
- Illustrator
- Woods, Miriam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Geula Cohen, Biography, Stern Gang, Zionism, Founding Of Israel, Terrorism, Palestine, Radio Broadcasts, Eliyauus Hakim
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Judaica;
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