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050 0 0 _aD805.A2
_bE73 2006
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245 0 0 _aEscape! :
_bKiwi POWs on the run in World War II /
_cedited by Matthew Wright.
260 _aAuckland, N.Z. :
_bRandom House N.Z.,
_c2006.
300 _a270 pages ;
_c24 cm
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.
648 7 _a1939-1945
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650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xPrisoners and prisons.
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650 0 _a World War, 1939-1945
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_vPersonal narratives.
650 0 _aPrisoner-of-war escapes.
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700 1 _aWright, Matthew,
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