New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xx, 439, [3] p. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. More

New York: The Viking Press, 1981. 218, footnotes, bibliography, library bookplate, stamps, & pocket, bds somewhat scuffed, rear bd faded, lib call number on spine. More

New York: The Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xii, 218, [2] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Bibliography. DJ somewhat scuffed and some edge wear. Inscribed by the author. John David Bierman, journalist and author, born January 26 1929; died January 4 2006. John Bierman was one of the last of a generation of buccaneering reporters and writers who pursued successful careers across the media. Newspaper reporter, editor, radio correspondent, television "fireman", documentary maker and, finally, acclaimed historian, Bierman excelled at each, in a working life that reached back to the days of plate cameras and reporters in trilbies. Bierman's breakthrough book was Righteous Gentile: The Story of Raoul Wallenberg (1981), which brought to international attention the then largely neglected story of the Swedish diplomat who rescued Hungarian Jews from the Nazis. Bierman's words are inscribed on Wallenberg's statue in central London: "The 20th century spawned two of history's vilest tyrannies. Raoul Wallenberg outwitted the first but was swallowed up by the second. His triumph over Nazi genocide reminds us that the courageous and committed individual can prevail against even the cruelest state machine. The fate of the six million Jews he was unable to rescue reminds us of the evil to which racist ideas can drive whole nations. Finally, his imprisonment reminds us not only of Soviet brutality but also of the ignorance and indifference which led the free world to abandon him. We must never forget these lessons." More

New York: Random House, 1999. First edition. Stated. Hardcover. 434, [2] p. Illustrations. Map. Sources. Bibliography. Index. More