The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt
News, Reviews & Events — 2009
This page contains News, Reviews & Events from 2009 dealing with The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt, either in whole or in part. Complete listings can be found in the News, Reviews & Events Archive under Media Room in the main menu. Other years for this title can be found under the News, Reviews & Events tab in the menu at the left of this page.
Fourth Quarter 2009 – The Polish Review – The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt is “so riveting it is difficult to put down the book” says the Polish Review (vol. 54, no. 4, 2009). Read the review…
December 2009 – Cosmopolitan Review – Feature article about Aquila Polonica, titled “Publishing the Greatest Story Never Told.” Referring to Aquila Polonica’s first book, The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt, Cosmopolitan Review asked: “Who published this beautiful book? Aquila Polonica? A new publishing house dedicated to the Polish World War II story? Who are they, and why this focus?” Read the article online or pdf…
December 2009 – Cosmopolitan Review – In its review of The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt, Cosmopolitan Review calls it “a gripping, fast-paced narrative” that “takes you to the centre of the drama.” Read the review online or pdf…
December 2009 – College and Research Libraries News – “Personal, moving, laced with grim humor, and accessible to a modern audience” says College and Research Libraries News in its review of The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt. Read the review online or pdf…
Winter 2009 – Polish Heritage – Polish Heritage, published by the American Council for Polish Culture, reviews The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt. Read the review…
November 2009 – Polish American Journal – Feature article about Aquila Polonica, titled “By the Book.” Read the article…
November 2009 – Do Broni magazine – Feature article on Aquila Polonica and its first book, The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt. Read the article (Polish language only)…
October 27, 2009 – Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska – Wanda Urbanska, host of Simple Living TV, reviews The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt. Read the review…
September 1, 2009 – Aquila Polonica Press Release – “Aquila Polonica Publishing Debuts with The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt”—announcing Aquila Polonica’s first book! Read the press release…
August 24, 2009 – Publishers Weekly – Publishers Weekly includes The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt in its annual War & Military issue. Read the entire War & Military article online or the relevant excerpt pdf…
April 2009 – Book Review by Fontayne Holmes, City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library (ret.) – the earliest reviewer of The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt is retired Los Angeles City Librarian, Fontayne Holmes—who loved the book! She writes: “Rulka Langer’s story is utterly contemporary and compelling, and once I started the book, I could not put it down until I finished it….In Rulka’s compelling story, we walk in her footsteps and the past is present.” Read the review…
