Strange Bird: The Albatross Press and the Third Reich

by Michele K. Troy

The first book about the Albatross Press, a Penguin precursor that entered into an uneasy relationship with the Nazi regime to keep Anglo-American literature alive under fascism

The Albatross Press was, from its beginnings in 1932, a "strange bird" a cultural outsider to the Third Reich but an economic insider. It was funded by British-Jewish interests. Its director was rumored to work for British intelligence. A precursor to Penguin,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300215681
• ISBN13: 9780300215687
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.4"