Cover image for The railway man : a POW's searing account of war, brutality and forgiveness
Title:
The railway man : a POW's searing account of war, brutality and forgiveness
Author:
ISBN:
9780393344073
Publication Information:
New York, NY. : W.W. Norton, 2012, ©1995.
Physical Description:
288 pages : map ; 21 cm
Personal Subject:
Summary:
A POW's account of war, brutality and forgiveness. Lomax was sent to Malaya in 1941, taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore, and put to work on the infamous Burma-Siam railway, which cost the lives of 250,000 men.
Holds: