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Vladimir Krajina : World War II hero and ecology pioneer / Jan Drabek.
- Title
- Vladimir Krajina : World War II hero and ecology pioneer / Jan Drabek.
- Author
- Drabek, Jan, 1935-
- Publication
- Vancouver : Ronsdale Press, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QK31.K7 D73 2012 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 199 p. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- A biography of Vladimir Krajina who joined the Czech Resistance in 1939 and emigrated to Canada and became a professor and environmental activist.
- Subject
- Krajina, V. J. 1905-1993
- Krajina, Vladimir J
- 1939-1945
- Botanists > Canada > Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Czechoslovakia > Biography
- Czech Canadians > Biography
- Ecological reserves > Canada > History
- Botanistes > Canada > Biographies
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Mouvements de résistance > Tchécoslovaquie > Biographies
- Canadiens d'origine tchèque > Biographies
- Réserves écologiques > Canada > Histoire
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The old world. Beginnings -- The birth of resistance -- The noose tightens -- The arrest -- In captivity -- Surviving -- False beginings -- Political refugee -- The new world. North American arrivals -- Newsmaking in the new land -- University beginnings -- The Weyerhaeuser connection -- Foundations for the reserves -- Various battles -- Reserves established -- Student relations -- Becoming known -- Happy returns -- Closing down.
- ISBN
- 9781553801474
- 1553801474
- OCLC
- 793485702
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library