The Gang of Seven: A Post World War II Novel [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Haase, Peter

Published by Outskirts Press, Inc., Denver, Colorado, 2007

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As new condition glossy color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Acknowledgments. Signed by the author with black pen at the lower section of the full title page. "Seven young men, randomly thrown together at the end of World War II, live in an abandoned garden shack in a small town in Germany; they use the resources they can muster in order to survive the critical post-war years in their utterly devastated homeland. Stealing, dealing on the black market and smuggling across the frontier between East and West, they prepare for the new reality that emerges with the revival of the German economy. The Gang is dissolved and separately they integrate themselves into mainstream society. Rocked by intrigue, crime and scandals, they nevertheless reach respectable positions in the new West Germany. Unsolved murders, defection to Communist East Germany and Soviet Russia, siucide, gambling and prostitution touch the lives of the remaining members of the original Gang. The reunification of the two Germanys in 1990 brings prosperity to some, while others fall into despair or disgrace. A war of disastrous consequences and the revival of their homeland shaped the lives of the individuals in this novel. In their own unique ways, they each follow their ambitions with varying degrees of success. Bound by early experiences and adventures, a special friendship between them persists throughout their lives. This story, packed with adventures and misadventures, is the gripping account of a small group of people so real it might have - and probably has - happened in the lives of many who survived the war and its aftermath in the latter half of twentieth-century Germany." - from the rear outer cover. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Peter Haase grew up in Germany under the Nazi regime. He wrote about his youth during World War II and the post-war years in his book Restock, City By the Sea, the story of a young German. His award winning short story Sailor's Nightmare was published in an anthology produced by the Treasure Coast Writers Guild in Floida. Peter left Germany after the war and settled in Ecuador, South AMerica. In 1960 he cam with his family to the United States and made New York his home. His present novel, The Gang of Seven, takes the reader through the trying times of post-war Germany into the twenty-first century. Seller Inventory # 006198

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Title: The Gang of Seven: A Post World War II Novel...

Publisher: Outskirts Press, Inc., Denver, Colorado

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition