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020 $a9781847246820
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100 1 $aCrofton, Ian.
245 10 $aGreat Escapes :$bAlcatraz, the Berlin Wall, Colditz, Devil's Island and 20 other stories of daring, audacity and ingenuity /$cIan Crofton.
260 $aLondon :$bQuercus,$c2009.
300 $a186 pages :$billustrations ;$c28 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aGreat Escapes brings together extraordinary stories of daring escapes from prison, prisoner-of-war camps and other places of incarceration and confinement, drawn from every period of history and from every corner of the world. In addition to telling the stories of the most celebrated and notorious of prison breaks, including Alcatraz, Great Escapes recounts the classic POW escape stories of World War II, including the 'Great Escape' (immortalized by the eponymous 1960s movie starring Steve McQueen). A celebration of human ingenuity and daredevil courage, Great Escapes offers the reader an exhilarating and unforgettable sequence of escape stories. The 'great escapes' include: Daedalus and Icarus; Underground Railroad; Colditz; Mary Queen of Scots; Over the Icy Passes; Mt Kenya; St John of the Cross; Libby Prison Break; Stalag Luft III; Charles II; Devil's Island; Evading the Enemy; Amazons of Haverhill; Edith Cavell; Walter Bonatti; Jack Sheppard; Houdini; Alcatraz; Bonnie Prince Charlie; Bretholz; George Blake; Casanova; Dunkirk; Berlin Wall.
505 00 $tFlight from Crete$g8 --$tDaedalus and Icarus take to the air --$tMary and the Page Boy$g15 --$tMary Queen of Scots escapes from Lochleven Castle, 1568 --$tWhen All My House in Silence Slept$g25 --$t'Miraculous' escape of St John of the Cross, 1578 --$tRoyal Oak$g30 --$tCharles II hides up a tree, 1651 --$tAmazons of Haverhill$g37 --$tTwo colonial women kill their Native American captors, 1697 --$tHis History Will Astonish!$g43 --$tMultiple jail breaks of the thief and folk hero Jack Sheppard, 1724 --$tSkulking Five Long Months$g53 --$tBonnie Prince Charlie's flight after Culloden, 1756 --$tImprisoned by a Most Detestable Tyranny$g63 --$tCasanova breaks out of the Doge's Place, 1756 --$tUnderground Railroad$g76 --$tEscape network for fugitive slaves, c.1810-65 --$tOver the Icy Passes$g83 --$tWilliam Brydon, the sole European to survive the British retreat from Kabul, 1842 --$tDeliverance from Rat Hell$g89 --$tMass breakout of Union officers from Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, 1864 --$tDevil's Island$g95 --$tTales from France's most notorious penal colony, 1887-1948 --$tPatriotism is Not Enough$g100 --$tEdith Cavell, executed for helping Allied soldiers to escape, 1915 --$tKing of Handcuffs$g104 --$tHarry Houdini, the greatest escapologist of them all --$tWho Else Will Tell This Story?$g103 --$tSix years on the run in Nazi-occupied Europe, 1938-44 --$tSnatching Glory Out of Defeat$g120 --$tBritish army is rescued from Dunkirk, 1940 --$tBoy's Own Adventures$g129 --$tEscapades at Colditz Castle, 1940-5 --$tClimbing the Diamond$g135 --$tThree Italian PoWs attempt an ascent of Mount Kenya, 1943 --$tTunnerllers of Stalag Luft III$g144 --$tStories behind the Wooden Horse and The Great Escape, 1943-4 --$tEvading the Enemy$g152 --$tA US airman avoids capture in occupied France, 1943-44 --$tTragedy on Mont Blanc$g160 --$tDesperate retreat from the Central Pillar of Frn̊ey, 1961 --$tInescapable Rock$g169 --$tLast victims of Alcatraz, 1962 --$tSpy Who Went Over the Wall$g175 --$tSoviet doubt-agent George Blake escapes from Wormwood Scrubs, 1966 --$tBerlin Wall$g180 --$tSome who made it and some who did not, 1961-89.
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