Books by jaci byrne

Egy hadifogoly, aki ezreknek adott remenytHihetetlen igaz tortenet"e;A szovetseges haderoben kuzdott, foglyul ejtettek, es a nacik Auschwitzban karnagynak tettek meg - inspiralo igaz tortenet.Jackson tamburmajor, a szovetseges hatalmak katonaja, mielott nekivagna, hogy ujabb vilaghaboruban harcoljon, megigeri felesegenek, Mabelnek, hogy visszajon, hogy meg egyszer szerenadot adjon neki. Nemet fogsagba esik, Lengyelorszagba viszik, az Auschwitz IV. szamu taborba. Ezzel szertefoszlik a remeny, hogy bevalthatja igeretet - egeszen addig, amig naci fogvatartoi meg nem teszik karnagynak.Jackson el a lehetoseggel. Es titokban mindent lejegyez naplojaba.Az auschwitzi karnagy Jackson naplojan alapul. Szerzoje, Jaci Byrne a tamburmajor dedunokaja.Ez a konyv lenyugozoen allit emleket Jackson allhatatossaganak, bemutatva egy ember eletet, aki a legsotetebb idokben is kitartott ket nagy szerelme: a zene es Mabel mellett, aki otthon vart ra.Frenetikus elettortenet... nagyszeru ember, kiveteles eletut."e; (Books Monthly)Elsopro elmeny volt. Muszaj elolvasni."e; (Kenneth G. Ross)

On May 8 1945, forty-six-year-old Drum Major Jackson staggered towards his American liberators. Emaciated, dressed in rags, his decayed boots held together with string, he’d been force-marched for twenty days over the Austrian Alps after five heinous years as a POW in Nazi labour camps. He collapsed into his liberators’ arms, clinging to his only meaningful possession—his war diary. Having already experienced the horrific nature of battle in the First World War, Jackson had now survived another War—unlike hundreds of his mates, who’d succumbed to disease, insanity, or had been killed in action. Men far younger than he. But he could never have imagined what awaited him on the home front. A captivating testament to human endurance, Jackson’s diary and photos, one of the last such memoirs to be published, is the inspiration for The Music Maker. An unforgettable and gripping true story about the life and times.

On May 8 1945, forty-six-year-old Drum Major Jackson staggered towards his American liberators. Emaciated, dressed in rags, his decayed boots held together with string, he'd been force-marched for twenty days over the Austrian Alps after five heinous years as a POW in Nazi labour camps. He collapsed into his liberators' arms, clinging to his only meaningful possession-his war diary. Having already experienced the horrific nature of battle in the First World War, Jackson had now survived another War-unlike hundreds of his mates, who'd succumbed to disease, insanity, or had been killed in action. Men far younger than he. But he could never have imagined what awaited him on the home front. A captivating testament to human endurance, Jackson's diary and photos, one of the last such memoirs to be published, is the inspiration for The Music Maker. An unforgettable and gripping true story about the life and times.

The inspirational true story of an Allied POW appointed Kapellmeister to the Nazis in Auschwitz.

When called up to fight in yet another World War, Drum Major Jackson promised his beloved wife Mabel that he would return to lead his band and play for her once more. 
In May 1940, he was captured at Dunkirk and interned in several German forced labour camps throughout Poland. Two years later he was transferred to Auschwitz IV, part of the notorious concentration camp complex where it is not widely known held Allied POWs. 

When his captors appointed Jackson their ‘Kapellmeister’ (man in charge of music), he seized the opportunity to provide entertainment for his fellow prisoners at rehearsals, and cover for escapees during concerts. 
Finally liberated in May 1945, malnourished and gravely ill, Jackson carried his secret war diary—an incredible exposÉ on five years of life and death in Nazi concentration camps. 
THE MUSIC MAKER OF AUSCHWITZ IV, based on Jackson’s diary, is written by his granddaughter. It is a thrilling testament to the resilience one man found in the darkest of times through his two greatest loves—music and the woman who waited for him. 

The inspirational true story of an Allied POW appointed Kapellmeister to the Nazis in Auschwitz.

When called up to fight in yet another World War, Drum Major Jackson promised his beloved wife Mabel that he would return to lead his band and play for her once more. 
In May 1940, he was captured at Dunkirk and interned in several German forced labour camps throughout Poland. Two years later he was transferred to Auschwitz IV, part of the notorious concentration camp complex where it is not widely known held Allied POWs. 

When his captors appointed Jackson their ‘Kapellmeister’ (man in charge of music), he seized the opportunity to provide entertainment for his fellow prisoners at rehearsals, and cover for escapees during concerts. 
Finally liberated in May 1945, malnourished and gravely ill, Jackson carried his secret war diary—an incredible exposÉ on five years of life and death in Nazi concentration camps. 
THE MUSIC MAKER OF AUSCHWITZ IV, based on Jackson’s diary, is written by his granddaughter. It is a thrilling testament to the resilience one man found in the darkest of times through his two greatest loves—music and the woman who waited for him. 

On 8 May 1945, 46-year-old Drum Major, Henry Barnes Jackson, staggered towards his American liberators. Emaciated, dressed in rags, his decayed boots held together with string, he’d been force-marched for twenty days over the Austrian Alps after five heinous years as a POW in Nazi labor camps. He collapsed into his liberators’ arms, clinging to his only meaningful possession—his war diary.

Having already experienced the horrific nature of battle in the First World War, Jackson continued as a drum major in the Territorial Army, as well as leading a dance band throughout the 1920s. Following Britain's declaration of war against Germany in 1939, he went off to war once again and was captured during the Allied retreat to Dunkirk in 1940.

When the Germans learned of his musical abilities, he was put in charge of forming a band. They called him the 'Kapellmeister,' literally, 'the man in charge of making music', and over the next five years, Jackson and his fellow bandmates would entertain the Germans with concerts and shows in various labor camps throughout occupied Poland.

In this captivating testament to human endurance, Jackson’s granddaughter has used his personal diary and photographs to tell the unforgettable and gripping true story about the life and times of a humble man who, through his passion for music, overcame extreme adversity.

On 8 May 1945, 46-year-old Drum Major, Henry Barnes Jackson, staggered towards his American liberators. Emaciated, dressed in rags, his decayed boots held together with string, he’d been force-marched for twenty days over the Austrian Alps after five heinous years as a POW in Nazi labor camps. He collapsed into his liberators’ arms, clinging to his only meaningful possession—his war diary.

Having already experienced the horrific nature of battle in the First World War, Jackson continued as a drum major in the Territorial Army, as well as leading a dance band throughout the 1920s. Following Britain's declaration of war against Germany in 1939, he went off to war once again and was captured during the Allied retreat to Dunkirk in 1940.

When the Germans learned of his musical abilities, he was put in charge of forming a band. They called him the 'Kapellmeister,' literally, 'the man in charge of making music', and over the next five years, Jackson and his fellow bandmates would entertain the Germans with concerts and shows in various labor camps throughout occupied Poland.

In this captivating testament to human endurance, Jackson’s granddaughter has used his personal diary and photographs to tell the unforgettable and gripping true story about the life and times of a humble man who, through his passion for music, overcame extreme adversity.