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by Margot Theis Raven ; illustrated by Gijsbert van FrankenhuyzenPublication Details
BookSleeping Bear Press2002Availability
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A True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy that Dropped from the Sky. Josef Stalin blockaded all ground routes coming in and out of Berlin to cut off West Berliners from all food and essential supplies. This is the true story of a seven-year-old girl named Mercedes who lived in West Berlin during the Airlift and of the American who came to be known as the Chocolate Pilot. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Halvorsen, Gail S. — Juvenile literature
- Simon, Mercedes — Juvenile literature
- United States. — Air Force. — Military Airlift Command — Biography — Juvenile literature
- Air pilots, Military — United States — Biography — Juvenile literature
- Girls — Germany — Berlin — Biography — Juvenile literature
- Berlin (Germany) — History — Blockade, 1948-1949 — Juvenile literature
Notes
- The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy- filled parachutes during the Airlift
ISBN
- 1585360694
- 9781585360697
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