The Great Escape: A Canadian Story
by Barris, Ted
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1771022728
- ISBN 13
- 9781771022729
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2013. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt on spine, head band, xv, 288 pages plus 16 pages of b & w photos including shots of James Garner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen & James Coburn from "The Great Escape" movie, end papers feature North Compound Statag LuftIII & Tunnel "Harry" cross section, March 1944, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition now in Mylar. "On the night of March 24, 1944, 80 Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 336-foot-long tunnel and slipped into the forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft III, a German POW compound near Sagan, Poland. The event became known as The Great Escape; an intricate breakout more than a year in the making, involving as many as 2,000 POWs working with extraordinary coordination, intelligence, & daring. Yet within a few days, all but three of the escapees were recaptured. Subsequently, 50 were murdered, cremated, and buried in a remote corner of the prison camp." But most don''t know the real story behind The Great Escape. Now, on the eve of its 70th anniversary, Ted Barris writes of the key players in the escape attempt, those who got away, those who didn''t, and their families at home." Check out the scans. . 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nessa Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010650
- Title
- The Great Escape: A Canadian Story
- Author
- Barris, Ted
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition 3rd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1771022728
- ISBN 13
- 9781771022729
- Publisher
- Thomas Allen Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Barris, Ted The Great Escape: A Canadian Story Thomas Allen Publishers, 1771022728 , 010650 -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt on spine, head band, xv, 288 pages plus 16 pages of b & w photos including shots of Ja
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; Biographies; Military;
- Size
- 8vo
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