The reluctant warrior
Subtitle: former German POW finds peace in Texas
By: Heino R. Erichsen ; as told to Jean Nelson-Erichsen.
Contributors: Nelson-Erichsen, Jean.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Eakin Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Erichsen, Heino R; German Americans -- Biography; Prisoners of war -- Biography; Soldiers -- Germany -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Tunisia -- Personal narratives, German; Texas -- Biography
Genres: Biography.; Personal narratives, German.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Dr. Alvin H. Franzmeier; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: I. The Reluctant Soldier; title: 1. Safari of the Afrika Korps; title: II. Captivity Far From Home; title: 2. Barbed-Wire Sickness.; title: 3. Sheep on a Ship to Scotland; title: III. A Lost Generation of Hansels and Gretels; title: 4. Childhood under the Nazis; title: 5. Repatriation Amidst Devastation; title: IV. A Leitmotif of Love; title: 6. Back to "Can-Do" America; title: 7. Wars and Threats of Wars; title: 8. Orphan-Saving Expeditions; title: Postscript; title: Maps; title: Bibliography; title: Glossary; title: Index.