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CROSSING THE SAUER A Memoir of World War II Charles Reis Felix We stood waiting for a long time. Then a sergeant walked into the courtyard. He was the dirtiest soldier I had ever seen. He was caked with dried mud from head to foot. He had several days' growth of whiskers. His eyes were sunken. He walked heavily. My first thought was, "Wherever this guy's been, I don't want to go there." Crossing the Sauer is a tough, vivid, honest, and tautly written memoir of advancing through Germany with Patton's Third Army. Join Charlie Felix on a tour of duty with characters worthy of M*A*S*H or Catch-22: loyal Berseglaria, bombastic Major Pusey, happy-to-be-alive Harry Folenius, hot-headed Hillbilly, and more. By turns hilarious and poignant, grim and inspiring, Crossing the Sauer bears the earmarks of a classic. Charles Reis Felix returned home in 1945, graduated from Stanford, married and raised a family, and became a high-school teacher. This is his first book. He lives in Woodside, California (San Francisco area). $22.95 192 pages, Hardcover 6 x 9 12 black & white photographs ISBN: 1-58080-099-8 hc