At a celebration of an important Serbian holiday, Stevan, a teen-age Serbian citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire learns that Archduke Ferdinand has been killeda??by a Serb! This critical historical event leads to radical changes in the life of the author, of the Balkans, and of the world. This first-hand account of a school boy caught up in World War I in Southeastern Europe illustrates the horrors of war and illuminates some of the religious and ethnic tensions that continue to plague that area in the twenty-first century. The author provides a poignant memoir of survival, bravery, and coming-of-age in the midst of one of the most agonizing retreats in modern warfare. After seeing his father shot by the Imperial soldiers, Stevan swims across the Sava River to the Kingdom of Serbia, even while being fired at by the Austrian soldiers. He volunteers for the Serbian army. This poorly equipped and out-numbered army ties up many divisions of the Austrian, German, and Bulgarian...

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