The Great Escape
by: Paul Brickhill
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Dewey Decimal Number: 940.547243094381
EAN: 9780393325799
ISBN: 0393325792
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2004-08
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Sales Rank: 111930
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
'A tense, thrilling, fabulous tale.'—Philadelphia Inquirer
They were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. It demanded the concentrated devotion and vigilance of more than six hundred men—every one of them, every minute, every hour, every day and night for more than a year. Made into the classic movie starring Steve McQueen. 16 pages of photographs.
Average Rating: 
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- The Great EscapeThe Real Deal! No "Steve Mcqueen" character, but everyone a true hero.The Great Escape
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- Outstanding.It's a shame the publisher decided to put a picture on the cover of Steve McQueen wrapped up in the ... Read More
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- Great story and great INSTRUCTIONIf you want to know how to make something out of nothing, this is the book for you. I've been reading ... Read More
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- Fantastic BookI love the movie the Great Escape and I loved reading the book it was based on. The movie did an excellant ... Read More
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- GrippingThis is the (true) story of the efforts of a multinational group of POWs to escape during WW2, and led to what ... Read More
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