The Boys of Winter: Life and Death in the U.S. Ski Troops During the Second World War - Paperback

by Charles J. Sanders (Author)

The Boys of Winter tells the true story of three young American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and fateful transformation from athletes to infantrymen with the 10th Mountain Division. Charles J. Sanders's fast-paced narrative draws on dozens of interviews and extensive research to trace these boys' lives from childhood to championships and from training at Mount Rainier and in the Colorado Rockies to battling against the Nazis.

Author Biography

Charles J. Sanders is a music industry executive, NYU professor, and Tenth Mountain Division descendant. He is one of the most well-travelled ski mountaineers in history, having completed off-piste descents on all seven continents including Antarctica, the Arctic, and the Himalayas and serves as chairman of the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.