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Escape! : Kiwi POWs on the run in World War II / edited by Matthew Wright. - Auckland, N.Z. : Random House N.Z., 2006. - 270 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261) and index.

Introduction : '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.

During 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.

ISBN: 1869418115 9781869418113

LCCN: 2006491103

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013498850 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1939-1945

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
World War, 1939-1945--New Zealand.--Personal narratives.
Prisoner-of-war escapes.

LC Class. No.: D805.A2 / E73 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 940.547