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THE GREAT ESCAPE: A CANADIAN STORY. Hardcover - 2013

by Barris, Ted

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Toronto: Thomas Allen, 2013. 288 pp, 9 1/4" H. Map/plan endpapers, b&w photographs, reproductions. "On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 400-foot-long tunnel, code-named 'Harry', and most slipped into the darkness of a pine forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner-of-war compound near Sagan, Poland. The event became known as the Great Escape. The breakout, more than a year in the making, involved about 2,000 POWs and a battle of wits inconceivable for its time. Within days of the escape, however, all but three escapers were recaptured; subsequently Adolf Hitler ordered fifty of them murdered, cremated, and buried in a remote corner of the same prison compound. What most (people) don't readily acknowledge is that the Great Escape was in many ways, 'made-in-Canada'. (The author) recounts this nearly mythical escape operation through the voices of those involved, many of whom trained in Canada, served in RCAF bomber and fighter squadrons, were shot down over Europe, imprisoned in Stalag Luft III, and ultimately became co-conspirators in the actual Great Escape. Based on his original interviews, research, and assembly of memoirs, letters, diaries, and personal photos, Ted Barris reveals that many of the escape's key-players - the tunnel designer, excavators, forgers, scroungers, security and intelligence personnel, custodian of the secret radio, and scores of security 'stooges' and sand-dispersal 'penguins' - were all Canadians. The book reads like a Hollywood movie, but is, in fact, the true story!" Very light wrinkling at the bottom of the spine, very light finger marks on the boards. Dust jacket is Near Fine.. Not Signed. Third Printing.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.
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  • Title THE GREAT ESCAPE: A CANADIAN STORY.
  • Author Barris, Ted
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Third Printing.
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Thomas Allen, Toronto
  • Date 2013
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 31275
  • ISBN 9781771022729 / 1771022728
  • Weight 1.44 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.547

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About the author

Ted Barris is an accomplished author, journalist and broadcaster. As well as hosting stints on CBC Radio and regular contributions to The Globe and Mail, the National Post, and various national magazines, he is a full-time professor of journalism at Centennial College in Toronto. Barris has authored 17 non-fiction books, including the national bestsellers Victory at Vimy and Juno.

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