Bibliograph

The great desert escape, how the flight of 25 German prisoners of war sparked one of the largest manhunts in American history, Keith Warren Lloyd

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The great desert escape, how the flight of 25 German prisoners of war sparked one of the largest manhunts in American history, Keith Warren Lloyd

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great desert escape

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1079412224

Responsibility statement

Keith Warren Lloyd

Sub title

how the flight of 25 German prisoners of war sparked one of the largest manhunts in American history

Summary

"Dramatic and exciting account of how twenty-five determined German U-Boat crewmen tunneled from American POW camp, crossed the unforgiving Arizona desert, and attempted to return battle. It was the only organized, large-scale domestic escape by foreign prisoners in U.S. history"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Preface: Papago Park -- The Battle of the Atlantic -- Die U-Bootwaffe -- Death of a submarine -- Post Office Box 1142 -- Execution -- Prisoners of war in America -- The land of milk and honey -- Eighty cents a day -- Run for the border -- Kapitän zur See -- Out of luck -- Inside Compound 1A -- Digging a tunnel -- The three crazy boatmen -- Sowing chaos -- Memorandum #46 -- Don't fence me in -- The devil must be loose -- Christmas Day 1944 -- Why on earth? -- Fantastic and highly improbable -- Living like Indians -- Jumping cactus -- Let the kid win -- A hell of a state of affairs -- Dereliction of duty -- Big shot -- Punishment -- Sore and disgusted -- Renewing in friendship

Target audience

adult

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