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Test of courage : the Michel Thomas story

by Christopher Robbins

This biography recounts the life of a Jewish resistance fighter who survived concentration camps and served in American counterintelligence during World War II. It explores his work as a Nazi hunter and the development of his influential language-teaching method.

Accession 19979 ISBN 0743202635 Publisher Free Press
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