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Remember Us : American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in War by Robert M. Edsel (2025, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins Focus
ISBN-10140033781X
ISBN-139781400337811
eBay Product ID (ePID)5069445048
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Book TitleRemember Us : American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in War
Number of Pages528 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2025
TopicMilitary
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorRobert M. Edsel
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight21.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in
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Reviews'Robert Edsel's book honors the efforts for permanent remembrance of Americans who have died on foreign battlefields. He has preserved much history of WWII itself told through the eyes of survivors as they were invaded by German forces. He also describes the fierce determination of these Dutch people to honor the fallen Americans who liberated them from the German occupation. The book is a testament to the goodness of both the American and Dutch people through the values they share.', 'This is a story all-but-untold; it offers an unforgettable and important historic contribution. I am left transformed emotionally and fulfilled with the experience of towering humanity. This story leaves the reader better.', 'Robert Edsel's evocative narrative reminds us that service to others takes many forms, often unseen yet immeasurably vital. This is more than a history--it is a tribute to the enduring power of courage, legacy, and the human spirit.', 'Master historian Robert Edsel, one of our finest storytellers, has given us yet another work of power and originality. The research is staggering, the story spellbinding, and the writing luminous, the work of an historian with the novelist's touch. Remember Us is one of the outstanding works of our time, a reminder of the power of both evil and transcendence. A truly great book.', 'The writand shy;ing is genand shy;tle and temand shy;pered yet deeply emoand shy;tive at times, both styles creand shy;atand shy;ing powand shy;er in the othand shy;er. The narand shy;raand shy;tive is orgaand shy;nized into five secand shy;tions, travand shy;eland shy;ing from ?'Freeand shy;dom Lost' to ?'Love and Rememand shy;brance,' each part offerand shy;ing new insights and inforand shy;maand shy;tion that fits seamand shy;lessand shy;ly into the one before and paves the way to the next.', 'Remember Us is that rarest of books, a volume that transports the reader to a distant place and time and draws immense meaning from the past. By weaving together heroic personal stories of the Second World War with the pure devotion shown to thousands of fallen American soldiers in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Robert Edsel reminds us vividly of what Lincoln called the 'mystic chords of memory' that bind us together and lead us toward our better angels. This is a deeply moving work of art, and one you will indeed remember long after you put it down.'
SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An intimate, moving look at the war that extracts deep meaning from the carnage and loss." - Publishers Weekly What happens when you lose your freedom and the people who eventually get it back for you are no longer alive to thank? Remember Us, by Robert Edsel--#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men --begins in the pre-dawn hours of Hitler's invasion of Western Europe on May 10, 1940, when his forces rolled into the small rural province of Limburg in the Netherlands shattering more than 100 years of peace. Their freedom gone, the Dutch lived through four-and-a-half years of occupation until American forces reached Limburg in September 1944, the last portion of Western Europe liberated by the Allies before their advance on Nazi Germany slammed to a halt. Like The Monuments Men , Remember Us is an ensemble piece that follows twelve main characters over a six-year span, zeroing in on ordinary people including Frieda van Schäik, a teenager who falls in love with an American soldier; Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole, the first member of the 101st Airborne to receive the Medal of Honor; and Sergeant Jeff Wiggins of the 960th Quartermaster Service Company, who escaped the poverty and racism of Alabama for yet another indignity--digging graves. Drawing on never-before-seen letters, diaries, and other historical records, Edsel shows the painful price of freedom, on the battlefields and inside American homes. In this rich, dramatic, and suspenseful story, he captures both the horrors of war and the transcendent power of gratitude, showing the extraordinary measures the Dutch have taken to thank their liberators. Remember Us is exactly the book we need--a reminder that grief is universal, that humanity knows no national or racial boundaries, and that we all want to be remembered, somehow, someway, by somebody., Set during the horrors of World War II, Remember Us by Robert Edsel---#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men---opens in Limburg, a small, rural province at the southern tip of the Netherlands. In the pre-dawn hours of May 10, 1940, Hitler's forces rolled through the city, shattering more than 100 years of peace in the Netherlands., "An intimate, moving look at the war that extracts deep meaning from the carnage and loss." - Publishers Weekly What happens when you lose your freedom and the people who eventually get it back for you are no longer alive to thank? Remember Us, by Robert Edsel--#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men--begins in the pre-dawn hours of Hitler's invasion of Western Europe on May 10, 1940, when his forces rolled into the small rural province of Limburg in the Netherlands shattering more than 100 years of peace. Their freedom gone, the Dutch lived through four-and-a-half years of occupation until American forces reached Limburg in September 1944, the last portion of Western Europe liberated by the Allies before their advance on Nazi Germany slammed to a halt. Like The Monuments Men, Remember Us is an ensemble piece that follows twelve main characters over a six-year span, zeroing in on ordinary people including Frieda van Schäik, a teenager who falls in love with an American soldier; Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole, the first member of the 101st Airborne to receive the Medal of Honor; and Sergeant Jeff Wiggins of the 960th Quartermaster Service Company, who escaped the poverty and racism of Alabama for yet another indignity--digging graves. Drawing on never-before-seen letters, diaries, and other historical records, Edsel shows the painful price of freedom, on the battlefields and inside American homes. In this rich, dramatic, and suspenseful story, he captures both the horrors of war and the transcendent power of gratitude, showing the extraordinary measures the Dutch have taken to thank their liberators. Remember Us is exactly the book we need--a reminder that grief is universal, that humanity knows no national or racial boundaries, and that we all want to be remembered, somehow, someway, by somebody.
As told toWitter, Bret
