Author: TABAKOFF, GEORGI A.
Title: The Challenge of Freedom Autobiography of a Remarkable Bulgarian American
Description: Sofia, Bulgaria: Drake International Services, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 9540701333. SIGNED. Hard cover is black with white lettering on front. Pages are clean and tight. Laid in front are two copies of a letter sent to promote the sales of the book. At rear of book are 48 b/w photographs, including an undated map of Bulgaria. "Because Dr. Georgi Tabakoff lived such a wide range of personal and professional experiences in Bulgaria before his emigration to Paris and later to America, he is able to offer the reader a unique perspective on the history and people of the country. Along with Georgi the reader experiences the small-town poverty of his youth, the medical profession under Communism, the terror of concentration camps in the 50s, and the unspeakable agony of hearing his own death sentence...But the valuable lessons ...perserverance and strong ethical sense should not be overlooked..." Epilogue. ; B&W Photographs; 7 x 10; 190 pages; INSCRIBED ON HALF TITLE PAGE: SEPT. 29, 1994, TO MAX HUTTON M. D......G. A. T, AUTHOR'. Hard cover has light bumping, tanning of pages, few page corner creases. DJ has rubbing/scuffing, corner bumping, shelf wear, 1/2" tear at top of rear; in a mylar cover. ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 9540701333 Autobiography; Memoirs; Signed Books; Communism; Balkan Countries; Soviet Block; Concentration Camps; Political Persecution; World War 2; Medicine/Health/Health Care Cultural History Education European History History American History Geography