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_aEscape! : _bKiwi POWs on the run in World War II / _cedited by Matthew Wright. |
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_aAuckland, N.Z. : _bRandom House N.Z., _c2006. |
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_a270 pages ; _c24 cm |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 259-261) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aIntroduction : 'For you, the war is over' / Matthew Wright -- Evading the Germans / Harry Spencer -- Captured at Corinth / Fred Woollams -- Hedgehog for dinner / Fred Stuckey -- Leap of faith / R.H. Thomson -- Two kilos of flour / Peter Winter -- 'The world was full of the sound of bells' / Brigadier James Hargest -- 'You're a brigadier!' / Howard Kippenberger -- 'Ich bin ein polnischer Kriegsgefangener' / Daniel Riddiford -- Long road to freedom / Allan Yeoman -- Desert escaper / Florence Millar -- 'Are you in it for the sport?' / George Clifton -- Cycling to freedom / Gordon Woodroofe -- Are you a spy? / Errol Brathwaite -- The greatest escape of all / James Sanders -- The railway from hell / Ernest Gordon. | |
520 | 0 | _aDuring the Second World War many New Zealanders fell into enemy hands. Once they became prisoners, many plotted their escapes but few succeeded. E'scape!', edited by Matthew Wright, recounts our escapers' tales in their own words. These are the stories of everyday New Zealanders - farmers, professional soldiers, a politician and a lawyer among them - who took huge risks in the pursuit of freedom. | |
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_a1939-1945 _2fast |
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_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xPrisoners and prisons. _930784 |
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_a World War, 1939-1945 _zNew Zealand. _929069 _vPersonal narratives. |
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_aPrisoner-of-war escapes. _952543 |
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_aWright, Matthew, _d1962- _925174 |
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