The great escape: a Canadian story
by Barris, Ted
One night in 1944, 80 airmen escaped a German POW compound in Poland. The event became known as "The Great Escape." Ted Barris writes of the planners, task leaders, and key players in the escape attempt, those who got away, those who didn't, and their families at home.
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- Full title :The great escape : a Canadian story / Ted Barris.
Summary
One night in 1944, 80 airmen escaped a German POW compound in Poland. The event became known as "The Great Escape." Ted Barris writes of the planners, task leaders, and key players in the escape attempt, those who got away, those who didn't, and their families at home.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Thomas Allen Publishers
- Place of Publication:Markham, Ontario
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781771024754, 1771024755, 1771022728, 9781771022729, 9781299908338, 1299908330
- oclc:ocn849798346
- LC Classification:D805.5.S73
- Dewey Decimal:940.54/72430922
Table of Contents
Introduction: "Heroes Resurface" -- The King's Regulations -- Bond of Wire -- "Spine-Tingling Sport" -- Escape Season -- Servant to a Hole in the Ground -- "Shysters and Crooks and Con Men" -- The Play's the Thing -- "Through Adversity to the Stars" -- The Hate Campaign -- Long Road Home -- "A Proud, Spectacular Distraction."
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