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Intro; Author's Note; Introduction; 1. Elinor; 2. Frederick; 3. Fighting Hitler and Jim Crow; 4. German POWs in the United States; Photo insert; 5. Prisoners and Nurses; 6. A Forbidden Romance; 7. End of War; 8. An Uncertain Future; 9. Searching for Acceptance; 10. Finally Home; Postscript; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index |
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A "New & Noteworthy" selection of The New York Times Book Review "Alexis Clark illuminates a whole corner of unknown World War II history." 'Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci "[A]n irresistible human story. ... Clark's voice is engaging, and her tale universal." 'Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize'winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power and American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House A true and deeply moving narrative of forbidden love during World War II and a shocking, hidden history of race on the home front This is a love story like no other: Elinor Powell was an African American nurse in the U.S. military during World War II; Frederick Albert was a soldier in Hitler's army, captured by the Allies and shipped to a prisoner-of-war camp in the Arizona desert. Like most other black nurses, Elinor pulled a second-class assignment, in a dusty, sun-baked'and segregated'Western town. The army figured that the risk of fraternization between black nurses and white German POWs was almost nil. Brought together by unlikely circumstances in a racist world, Elinor and Frederick should have been bitter enemies; but instead, at the height of World War II, they fell in love. Their dramatic story was unearthed by journalist Alexis Clark, who through years of interviews and historical research has pieced together an astounding narrative of race and true love in the cauldron of war. Based on a New York Times story by Clark that drew national attention, Enemies in Love paints a tableau of dreams deferred and of love struggling to survive, twenty-five years before the Supreme Court's Loving decision legalizing mixed-race marriage'revealing the surprising possibilities for human connection during one of history's most violent conflicts. |
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Albert, Elinor Powell, 1921-2005.
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Albert, Elinor Powell, 1921-2005. |
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Albert, Frederick.
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Albert, Frederick. |
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United States. Army Nurse Corps -- Biography.
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United States. Army Nurse Corps. |
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Biographies.
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African American nurses -- Biography.
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African American nurses. |
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Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war. |
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Germany. |
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Prisoners of war -- Arizona -- Biography.
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Arizona. |
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Prisoner-of-war camps -- Arizona.
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Prisoner-of-war camps. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Arizona -- Prisoners and prisons.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Biography.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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African Americans. |
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Interracial dating -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Interracial dating. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Interracial marriage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Interracial marriage. |
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Interethnic marriage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Interethnic marriage. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
1620971879 (electronic book) |
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9781620971871 (electronic book) |
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