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    The Bridge at Andau: The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People

    Written by James A. Michener

    Narrated by Larry McKeever

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    About this audiobook

    The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future-until, at four o'clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 4, 2015
    ISBN9781101922132
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    • 5/5
      These ruskies were pretty tough against unarmed men, woman, and children in tanks.
    • 4/5
      A very vivid account of the Hungarian revolt of 1956 by the well-known writer James Michener, at that time a fervently anti-communist JFK Democrat. It is done extremely effectively by presenting personal stories of individual rebels who became refugees after the collapse of the revolt, and whom Michener interviewed soon after they had escaped, in some cases by the bridge mentioned in the title. He admits the people described may be composites, with the identities blurred to protect their families and friends who were still in Hungary. This detracts from the book's value as a completely accurate source, but even so the atmosphere of the revolt comes across very clearly. Personally, I was struck by the fact that the revolt initially had mass popular support on the level that brought about the "fall of Communism" 33 years later --the crucial difference was that in 1956 the Soviets were prepared to use ruthless force to suppress the revolt. Michener ends by predicting the eventual collapse of the Soviet bloc, which turned out to be true, though it may have taken longer than he expected at that time.
    • 4/5
      An account of the brief Hungarian Revolution of 1956 as well as its crushing ending with when the Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest. Michener who was living in Austria at the time and had access to refugees, whose stories are composed into the characters shown in the book. It's fairly gripping and angering, though it will probably have more impact on those who lived during the Cold War era.
    • 4/5
      As is typical for a Michener book, this was very readable and full of historical information. I remember the Hungarian Revolution but being very young at the time, I do not remember many details from that time. Michener takes care of that for me.While the title refers to a bridge across which thousands of Hungarians fled after the Russians crushed the revolt, most of the book is about the actual uprising and what made the people do it at that time. Michener spends considerable time describing the secret police and their methods.He gathered his information from refugees that crossed the bridge of the title and then had it verified by others. He actually spend days at the bridge helping escapees to freedom.Written a year after the Revolution, it lacks historical perspective but does give the reader a close up view of what went on in Hungary in Octpber and November 1956.
    • 5/5
      A deeply moving book that tells the true story of the 1956 revolt in Hungary against Communism. The revolt failed and for a while one bridge from Hungary stood open for Hungarians to flee. Over 200,000 people made it out alive. The author was there interviewing people as they escaped. This is their story.

      This book will open your eyes to evils of communism and the difficulties of living behind the Iron curtain. And very important book and one that should not be forgotten.