The Bridge at Andau
James A. Michener
Random House Publishing Group
<p><i>The Bridge at Andau </i>is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future--until, at four o'clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks.</p><p><br> BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's <i>Centennial.</i><br>  <br> <b>Praise for <i>The Bridge at Andau</i></b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> "Precise, vivid . . . immeasurably...