{"product_id":"spain-in-our-hearts-americans-in-the-spanish-civil-war-19361939-isbn-9780544947238","title":"Spain In Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/em\u003eBESTSELLER. A sweeping history of the Spanish Civil War, told through a dozen characters, including Hemingway and George Orwell: A tale of idealism, heartbreaking suffering, and a noble cause that failed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor three crucial years in the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War dominated headlines in America and around the world, as volunteers flooded to Spain to help its democratic government fight off a fascist uprising led by Francisco Franco and aided by Hitler and Mussolini. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday we're accustomed to remembering the war through Hemingway’s \u003cem\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/em\u003e and Robert Capa’s photographs. But Adam Hochschild has discovered some less familiar yet far more compelling characters who reveal the full tragedy and importance of the war: a fiery nineteen-year-old Kentucky woman who went to wartime Spain on her honeymoon, a Swarthmore College senior who was the first American casualty in the battle for Madrid, a pair of fiercely partisan, rivalrous \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e reporters who covered the war from opposite sides, and a swashbuckling Texas oilman with Nazi sympathies who sold Franco almost all his oil—at reduced prices, and on credit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was in many ways the opening battle of World War II, and we still have much to learn from it. \u003cem\u003eSpain in Our Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e is Adam Hochschild at his very best. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With all due respect to Orwell, \u003cem\u003eSpain in Our Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e should supplant \u003cem\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/em\u003e as the best introduction to the conflict written in English. A humane and moving book.”—\u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Excellent and involving . . . What makes [Hochschild’s] book so intimate and moving is its human scale.”—Dwight Garner, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebest-seller\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Excellent and involving . . . What makes [Hochschild’s] book so intimate and moving is its human scale.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Dwight Garner,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   \"With all due respect to Orwell, \u003cem\u003eSpain in Our Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e should supplant \u003cem\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/em\u003e as the best introduction to the conflict written in English. A humane and moving book, it is well-paced and meant to be read rather than studied.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   “Admirable . . . an unusually well-written narrative, full of telling detail and vignettes that capture great human drama.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   “A commanding performance. Digging through archives, Hochschild finds characters whose lives … pull the war into tight, human-scale focus … After reading Hochschild’s book, it’s impossible to feel anything but admiration — and awe.”  — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “The tragic story of the Americans in the doomed Lincoln Brigade . . . comes vividly to life in Adam Hochschild’s compelling ‘Spain in Our Hearts,’ a long-overdue book that explores this long-overlooked conflict.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"By assembling a well-chosen set of individual narratives, many about figures who are relatively unknown, [Hochschild] captures why so many people thought the fate of the world might be decided by who won the conflict ... Consistently vivid ... Captivating.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"A vivid and level-headed new history of American participation in the Spanish Civil War.\"   \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Excellent … Hochschild captures both the passionate, partisan views of particular combatants and the larger political currents that shaped their experiences. It’s a moving and useful investigation into the dangers and promises of idealism.”  — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"Exemplary . . . Moving and powerful.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   \"The book’s narrative is driven by Hochschild’s deft handling of the personal stories, some heartbreaking, of a half dozen Americans . . . highly engaging . . .  A book like Hochschild’s keeps their stories and spirit alive.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   “A sweeping, suspenseful, and somber chronicle of the Spanish Civil War … Mak[es] superb use of diaries and letters.”  — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Hochschild tells the story of this heady time with moving, well-paced prose exploring both international policy and intensely personal experiences … Exceptional.” \u003cstrong\u003e— \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “A fine new chronicle of Americans … determined to do their part to fight fascism. One’s heart breaks to read what awaited them.” \u003cstrong\u003e— \u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Brings history alive … Hochschild is a writer capable of making any topic interesting, relevant, and accessible … \u003cem\u003eSpain in Our Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e is a primer, a meditation, and a story of American adventure abroad.” \u003cstrong\u003e— \u003cem\u003eTampa Bay Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Well-paced … Closes on a poignant note of mourning and remembrance.” \u003cstrong\u003e— \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Hochschild is an exceptional writer; his narrative is well-paced, delivered in clear prose, and focused on important and colorful details of the historical moment.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/em\u003estarred review\u003c\/strong\u003e   “A dramatically personal book . . . A vivid addition to twentieth-century European history collections.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/em\u003estarred review\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"A nuanced look at the messy international allegiances forged during the Spanish Civil War . . . Hochschild ably explores subtle shades of the conflict that contemporary authors and participants did not want to consider.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “George Orwell once explained that going to Spain, in 1936, ‘seemed the only conceivable thing to do.’ As soon as he got there, the right thing to do got a lot less clear. And how to write about it was immediately difficult, too. The twenty-eight hundred Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War felt the same way, as Adam Hochschild recounts in this rich and fascinating book. \u003cstrong\u003eFew writers grapple so powerfully with the painful moral and ethical choices of past actors as does Hochschild\u003c\/strong\u003e, who brings to \u003cem\u003eSpain in Our Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e his exceptional talents — and his moral seriousness — as a reporter, as a historian, and as a writer.”  —\u003cstrong\u003eJILL LEPORE, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Secret History of Wonder Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e    “In this beautifully written portrait of Americans caught up in the Spanish Civil War, Adam Hochschild brings to brilliant life the heroism and horror of that fratricidal conflict. 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A \u003cstrong\u003eseamlessly-woven, unputdownable tapestry\u003c\/strong\u003e of war in Europe; \u003cstrong\u003eintensely, unforgettably moving\u003c\/strong\u003e.”  —\u003cstrong\u003eNIGEL HAMILTON, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Mantle of Command\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e    “\u003cstrong\u003eBeautifully written with a hawk-eye for the telling anecdote\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpain in Our Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e constitutes an \u003cstrong\u003eendlessly fascinating and utterly unputdownable\u003c\/strong\u003e survey of the war to defend democracy in Spain that was not only the first act of the Second World War but also, for many across the world, the last great cause.” \u003cstrong\u003ePAUL PRESTON, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890098467045,"sku":"NP9780544947238","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780544947238.jpg?v=1730232538","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/spain-in-our-hearts-americans-in-the-spanish-civil-war-19361939-isbn-9780544947238","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}