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Great Escape

By Paul Brickhill

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
9780795300226, 0795300220, 0393325792, 9780393325799, 1568491883, 9781568491882
Open Library ID
OL7454112M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
980 kB (1003188 bytes)
Pages
304\221
Topic
Literature Prose
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Библиотека;Исторический роман;На английском языке

Description

"A tense, thrilling, fabulous tale."—Philadelphia InquirerThey were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. It demanded the concentrated devotion and vigilance of more than six hundred men—every one of them, every minute, every hour, every day and night for more than a year. Made into the classic movie starring Steve McQueen. 16 pages of photographs

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