The Great Desert Escape
How the Flight of 25 German Prisoners of War Sparked One of the Largest Manhunts in American History
$69.48
- Board Book
288 pages
- Release Date
25 March 2019
Summary
Dramatic, highly readable, and fresh, The Great Desert Escape brings to light an illuminating and little-known account of how twenty-five determined German U-Boat crewmen tunneled from an American POW camp, crossed the unforgiving Arizona desert, and attempted to return to battle. It was the only organized, large-scale domestic escape by foreign prisoners in U.S. history.
Painstakingly wrung from contemporary newspaper articles, interviews, and first-person accounts from esca…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781493038909 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1493038907 |
| Author: | Keith Warren Lloyd |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Imprint: | The Lyons Press |
| Format: | Board Book |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 25 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 581g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 155mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
“With all of the emphasis on Allied POW escapes over the years, it is interesting to learn about the same from the German perspective.” - New York Journal of Books “The Great Desert Escape is an extremely well-written account…If your measure of an interesting book (that also holds your attention) is that it makes you read more information on the various topics discussed within, then The Great Desert Escape is for you.” -Military Review - The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army
About The Author
Keith Warren Lloyd
Keith Warren Lloyd resides in Arizona. He is a professional firefighter, an independent writer, and a U.S. Navy veteran. Lloyd graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Liberal Studies with an emphasis on history and political science. He is author of Above and Beyond, the biography of Frank Luke Jr., the World War One ace known as the “Arizona Balloon Buster” and the first aviator to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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