MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 03263cam 2200517 a 4500
001 ocm51983253
003 OCoLC
005 20100902171032.0
008 021210s2003 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2002041191
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dIEB$dC#P$dUNA$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dOCLCG$dBNO
020 $a0670032123 (acid-free paper)
020 $a9780670032129 (acid-free paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)51983253
043 $ae-gx---$an-us---$ae-uk---
050 00 $aD805.G3$bN496 2003
082 00 $a940.54/7243$221
100 1 $aNichol, John,$d1963-
245 14 $aThe last escape :$bthe untold story of allied prisoners of war in Europe, 1944-45 /$cJohn Nichol and Tony Rennell.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2003.
300 $axx, 520 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [505]-510) and index.
505 0 $aThe Russians are coming -- Abandoned to their fate -- Out into the cold -- Fears of a massacre -- The retreat from Stalag Luft IV -- The deadly road to the west -- The rivers of humanity -- Liberated by the Red Army -- Hostages of Stalin -- Waiting for Patton -- The hell of Fallingbostel -- Death by "friendly fire" -- A German savior? -- Heading for home -- Welcome back -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Chronology of the end of the Second World War -- Appendix 2. The Yalta Agreement on Prisoners of War, February 1945 -- Appendix 3. The senior American officer's complaint about conditions at Stalag XIIID, Nuremberg -- Appendix 4. The numbers game.
520 $aDraws on the testimony of surviving veterans to relate the experiences of American and British prisoners of war who were forced to march hundreds of miles along the Death March in the wake of the D-Day landings.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, German.
650 0 $aPrisoners of war$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPrisoners of war$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century.
700 1 $aRennell, Tony.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aNichol, John, 1963-$tLast escape.$b1st American ed.$dNew York : Viking, 2003$w(OCoLC)647694615
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2002041191-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2002041191-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2002041191-s.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2002041191-t.html
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c29.95$d22.46$i0670032123$n0004143015$sactive
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n2002041191
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n1959748
952 $a51983253$zDLC$bLIBRARY OF CONGRESS$dURI$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$nSummary$tContents$u20100714
952 $a190225977$zPAU$bUNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA$hCore$iLCC$kDDC$ppcc$u20100723
952 $a219691101$zCUY$bUNIV OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$tContents$u20100718
952 $a489487822$zTEU$bTEMPLE UNIV$hFull$u20100701
029 1 $aYDXCP$b1959748
029 1 $aNZ1$b7407510
029 1 $aAU@$b000024321398
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 822 OTHER HOLDINGS