The grand escape : the greatest prison breakout of the 20th century

Title
The grand escape : the greatest prison breakout of the 20th century

Author
Bascomb, Neal, author.

ISBN
9781338140347

Edition
1st ed.

Physical Description
275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Reading Level
1070 L Lexile

Subject Term
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons.
 
Prisoner-of-war escapes.
 
Prisoners of war.
 
Escapes -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term
Holzminden (Germany) -- History -- 20th century.

Local Subject
Teen nonfiction collection.

Summary
At the height of World War I, as battles raged in the trenches and in the air, another struggle for survival was being waged in the most notorious POW camp in all of Germany: Holzminden. A land-locked Alcatraz of sorts, it was home to the most troublesome Allied prisoners--and the most talented at escape. The Grand Escape tells the remarkable tale of a band of pilots who pulled off an ingenious plan and made it out of enemy territory in the biggest breakout of WWI, inspiring their countrymen in the darkest hours of the war. --


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Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)TEEN 940.47243 BASTeen Nonfiction
Oakdale LibraryTEEN 940.47243 BASTeen Nonfiction
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)TEEN 940.47243 BASTeen Nonfiction
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)TEEN 940.47243 BASTeen Nonfiction
Stillwater Public LibraryTEEN 940.47243 BASTeen Nonfiction