Thousands of roads
Subtitle: a memoir of a young woman's life in the Ukrainian underground during and after World War II
By: by Maria Savchyn Pyskir ; translated by Ania Savage ; foreword by John A. Armstrong.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Pyskir, Maria Savchyn.; Ukraïnsʹka povstansʹka armii͡a︡ -- Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Ukraine, Western.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Ukrainian.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Ukraine, Western.; Ukraine, Western -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
Genres: Personal narratives, Ukrainian.
Description: "Before, during and after World War II, Maria Savchyn Pyskir served in the Ukrainian underground resistance. Her memoir tells of her recruitment into underground service at age 14, her participation in resistance activities during the war, her bittersweet marriage to revolutionary leader "Orlan," her struggle against Stalinist forces, and her captures by and escapes from the KGB - at the cost of her husband, children and family." "After immigrating to the United States in the 1950s, Maria Savchyn Pyskir remarried and raised a second family. She lives in Wauwatose, Wisconsin."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.