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Published by New York: Three Rivers Press, 2000, 2000
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
PAPERBACK, cover price $14.00, attractive copy, very good. GRUBER, RUTH. Haven: the dramatic story of 1,000 World War II refugees and how they came to America. Foreword by Dava Sobel. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2000, Revised and expanded edition, and later printing, xvi, 334pp., . Ruth Gruber, special assistant to Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, tells about her experiences carrying out a mission to bring one thousand Jewish and Christian refugees from Italy in 1944, and discusses her efforts on their behalf once they arrived in America. - CONTENTS: pt. 1. The struggle in Washington -- pt. 2. The voyage of The Henry Gibbins -- pt. 3. The Oswego adventure -- pt. 4. After they crossed the Rainbow Bridge. ISBN 081293301X.