A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre's Dramatic Captivity and Escape from Nazi Germany

by Peter Finn

Book Overview

The dramatic story of a South Carolina heiress who joined the OSS and became the first American woman in uniform taken prisoner on the Western front--until her escape from Nazi Germany.

Gertrude "Gertie" Legendre was a big-game hunter from a wealthy industrial family who lived a charmed life in Jazz Age America. Her adventurous spirit made her the inspiration for the Broadway play Holiday, which became a film starring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524747335
• ISBN13: 9781524747336
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"