# The American

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- Book: [The American](https://www.bookquiver.com/franz-olivier-giesbert/the-american) ([The American.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/franz-olivier-giesbert/the-american.md))
- Authors: [Franz-Olivier Giesbert](https://www.bookquiver.com/franz-olivier-giesbert)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-14-0009-585-8
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2007-02-13
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

On June 6, 1944, Frederick Giesbert, assigned to the American army’s 29th division, landed on bloody Omaha Beach, Normandy, an experience from which he never recovered. Three years later, Frederick...