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X-WR-CALNAME:Under a War-Torn Sky with L. M. Elliott
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LOCATION:111 Adams Avenue\nLewes DE 19958
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SUMMARY:Under a War-Torn Sky with L. M. Elliott
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DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the 25th anniversary of her best-selling\,\na
 ward-winning Under a War-Torn Sky\, author L. M. Elliott will talk\nabout 
 the American airmen of World War II and the resistance workers\nand compas
 sionate citizens who dared help them.  Before\nD-day—before American so
 ldiers could rush Normandy and begin the\nbloody trek to liberate Europe o
 f Hitler—there were flyboys. Bomber\ncrews who flew raids over Nazi-occu
 pied Belgium\, Netherlands\, and\nFrance then into Germany’s Third Reich
 \, shot at for hundreds of\nmiles by anti-aircraft cannon on the ground an
 d Luftwaffe fighters in\nthe sky. Their mission: to drop bombs on munition
  plants\, tank and\nplane factories to weaken Hitler’s war machine befor
 e other American\nboys had to storm those fortressed beaches. Elliott’s 
 father was one\nof those American airmen saved by the French—a young man
  who lived\nto come home\, fall in love\, get married\, and have children 
 and\ngrandchildren. She’ll share a few moving moments from her recent\nt
 rip to France\, retracing her protagonist and her father’s escape\npaths
 \, thanking and talking with French people—who remember and\ncelebrate o
 ur life-or-death alliance.  Elliott was an award-winning\nmagazine journa
 list before becoming a New York Times bestselling\nauthor of historical an
 d biographical novels. Under a War-torn Sky is\nthe first of 14 works\, wh
 ich include a sequel\, A Troubled Peace and a\nhome-front companion Across
  a War-tossed Sea. Her books have been\nhonored with the Scott O’Dell\, 
 VLA Cardinal Cup\, and Grateful\nAmerican prizes for historical fiction\; 
 been named NCSS Notables\, PBS\nCompanion Reads\, Bank St. College of Educ
 ation Bests\, Kirkus Bests\,\nand finalists for nine state literature awar
 ds.  NOTE: this session\nis available to attend in-person or through Zoom
 . You MUST REGISTER\nand indicate which you prefer. Venue: Lewes Public Li
 brary.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In celebration of the 25th anniversary of her 
 best-selling\, award-winning Under a War-Torn Sky\, author L. M. Elliott w
 ill talk about the American airmen of World War II and the resistance work
 ers and compassionate citizens who dared help them.  Before D-day—befor
 e American soldiers could rush Normandy and begin the bloody trek to liber
 ate Europe of Hitler—there were flyboys. Bomber crews who flew raids ove
 r Nazi-occupied Belgium\, Netherlands\, and France then into Germany’s T
 hird Reich\, shot at for hundreds of miles by anti-aircraft cannon on the 
 ground and Luftwaffe fighters in the sky. Their mission: to drop bombs on 
 munition plants\, tank and plane factories to weaken Hitler’s war machin
 e before other American boys had to storm those fortressed beaches. Elliot
 t’s father was one of those American airmen saved by the French—a youn
 g man who lived to come home\, fall in love\, get married\, and have child
 ren and grandchildren. She’ll share a few moving moments from her recent
  trip to France\, retracing her protagonist and her father’s escape path
 s\, thanking and talking with French people—who remember and celebrate o
 ur life-or-death alliance.  Elliott was an award-winning magazine journal
 ist before becoming a New York Times bestselling author of historical and 
 biographical novels. Under a War-torn Sky is the first of 14 works\, which
  include a sequel\, A Troubled Peace and a home-front companion Across a W
 ar-tossed Sea. Her books have been honored with the Scott O’Dell\, VLA C
 ardinal Cup\, and Grateful American prizes for historical fiction\; been n
 amed NCSS Notables\, PBS Companion Reads\, Bank St. College of Education B
 ests\, Kirkus Bests\, and finalists for nine state literature awards.  NO
 TE: this session is available to attend in-person or through Zoom. You MUS
 T REGISTER and indicate which you prefer. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
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