{"product_id":"a-german-pow-in-new-mexico-by-walter-schmid","title":"A GERMAN POW IN NEW MEXICO by Walter Schmid","description":"\u003cp\u003eA GERMAN POW IN NEW MEXICO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Walter Schmid\u003cbr\u003e\ntranslated by Richard Rundell\u003cbr\u003e\nedited by  Wolfgang T. Schlauch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 0826333559\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: University of New Mexico Press 2005 \u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 167\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2001\/U400\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nWalter Schmid, a member of Rommel's Afrika Korps, was one of hundreds of thousands of POWs interned in the United States during World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eWalter Schmid worked in southern New Mexico's Mesilla Valley picking cotton and harvesting melons alongside Mexican-American laborers. He recalls playing trumpet in the camp orchestra and watching Sunday soccer games between the teams of rival POW camps\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on his diary and the letters he sent home to his German girlfriend, Schmid's memoir was published in Germany in 2000. This abbreviated English translation begins with his capture in North Africa and his voyage to the United States and ends with his work experience in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nNew with bent covers. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450415857956,"sku":null,"price":44.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/imagescomingsoon.jpg?v=1787169984","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/a-german-pow-in-new-mexico-by-walter-schmid","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}