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but his vivid poems of harmony and commonality would eventually symbolize much of what post-Civil War Spain aspired toward

Francis Spufford makes a confession: books were his mother

is an internationally known author and lecturer

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he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen

To the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat Commander Frederick Earlstein but his vivid poems ofThe Sound of Music endeared Georg von Trapp (1880 1947) and his singing family to the world, and it also showed how desperately the Nazis wanted Captain von Trapp for their navy. In To the Last Salute we learn why. Trapp's own story of his exploits as a submarine commander during the First World War is as exciting as it is instructive, bringing to stirring life a little known chapter in the naval history of that war. In his many guises, Trapp