Marie McSwigan
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1940, when the Nazi invasion of Norway reaches their village in the far north, twelve-year-old Peter and his friends use their sleds to transport nine million dollars worth of gold bullion past the German soldiers to the secret harbor where Peter's uncle keeps his ship ready to take the gold for safekeeping in the United States.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
1954
Language
English
Description
"A group of Czechoslovakians, including five orphan children, plan and carry out an escape from the Communists and into West Germany and freedom." McClurg. Book news.
"A story built on facts of an escape of liberty-loving Czechoslovaks into the United States Zone of Germany in September 1951." Introduction.