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- It can't happen here / by Lewis, Sinclair,1885-1951.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-397).LSC- Subjects: Political fiction.; Classics; Literary; Presidents; Presidents; Anti-fascist movements; Newspaper editors; Dictators; Fascists;
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- Possess the air : love, heroism, and the battle for the soul of Mussolini's Rome / by Grescoe, Taras,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The inspiring true story of political resistance in Mussolini's Italy Plunging readers into Fascist Rome at the height of Mussolini's power, Possess the Air tells the story of three people who defied Italy's authoritarian despot by opposing the rising tide of populism and xenophobia. Two Canadian archeologists, Gilbert Bagnani and his wife Mary Stewart Houston, maddened the self-styled Caesar, determined to dispel his claims that Rome was-- and always would be-- rightful master of the Mediterranean, while poet and aviator Lauro de Bosis, firstborn of an Italian aristocrat and a New Englander, transformed himself into a modern Icarus, amazing the world as he risked his life in the skies bring the dictator down. An inspiring story of resistance, risk, and sacrifice, Taras Grescoe's portrait of heroes past is an essential biography for our time."--- Subjects: Biographies.; Bagnani, Gilbert, 1900-1985.; Bagnani, Stewart, 1903-1996.; De Bosis, Lauro, 1901-1931.; Anti-fascist movements; Political activists;
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- A bold and dangerous family : the remarkable story of an Italian mother, her sons, and their fight against fascism / by Moorehead, Caroline,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.- Subjects: Biographies.; Rosselli, Amelia.; Rosselli, Carlo, 1899-1937.; Rosselli, Nello, 1900-1937.; Rosselli family.; Intellectuals; Fascism; Anti-fascist movements;
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- A house in the mountains [text (large print)] : the women who liberated Italy from fascism / by Moorehead, Caroline,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In the late summer of 1943, when Italy broke with the Germans and joined the Allies after suffering catastrophic military losses, an Italian Resistance was born. Four young Piedmontese womenAda, Frida, Silvia and Biancaliving secretly in the mountains surrounding Turin, risked their lives to overthrow Italys authoritarian government. They were among the thousands of Italians who joined the Partisan effort to help the Allies liberate their country from the German invaders and their Fascist collaborators. What made this partisan war all the more extraordinary was the number of womenlike this brave quartetwho swelled its ranks.- Subjects: Biographies.; Large type books.; Women; Women political activists; Women soldiers; Anti-fascist movements; Women and war; Women in war; Women political activists; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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