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Surviving the Death Railway. A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#229640
Titel	Surviving the Death Railway. A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home
Auteur	Green, Hilary Custance
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Barnsley, Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave	2016
ISBN10	1473870003
ISBN13	9781473870000
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	The ordeals of the POWs put to slave labour by their Japanese masters on the 'Burma Railway' have been well documented yet never cease to shock. It is impossible not to be horrified and moved by their stoic courage in the face of inhuman brutality, appalling hardship and ever-present death. While Barry Custance Baker was enduring his 1000 days of captivity, his young wife Phyllis was attempting to correspond with him and the families of Barry's unit. Fortunately these moving letters have been preserved and appear, edited by their daughter Hilary, in this book along with Barry's graphic memoir written after the War. Surviving the Death Railway's combination of first-hand account, correspondence and comment provide a unique insight into the long nightmare experienced by those in the Far East... (Lees verder) and at home. The result is a powerful and inspiring account of one of the most shameful chapters in the history of mankind which makes for compelling reading.
Pagina's	257
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 15,00

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