The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the

The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War

<DIV>â€œBascomb has unearthed a remarkable piece of hidden history, and told it perfectly. The story brims with adventure, suspense, daring, and heroism.â€ â€”David Grann, New York TimesÂ bestselling author of Killers of the Flower MoonNeal Bascomb, New York Times best-selling author, delivers the spellbinding story of the downed Allied airmen who masterminded the remarkably courageousâ€”and ingeniousâ€”breakout from Germanyâ€™s most devilish POW camp. Â In the winter trenches and flak-filled skies of World War I, soldiers and pilots alike might avoid death, only to find themselves imprisoned in Germanyâ€™s archipelago of POW camps, often in abominable conditions. The most infamous was Holzminden, a land-locked Alcatraz of sorts that housed the most troublesome, escape-prone prisoners. Its commandant was a boorish, hate-filled tyrant named Karl Niemeyer who swore that none should ever leave. Â Desperate to break out of â€œHellmindenâ€ and return to the fight, a group of Allied prisoners led by ace pilot (and former Army sapper) David Gray hatch an elaborate escape plan. Their plot demands a risky feat of engineering as well as a bevy of disguises, forged documents, fake walls, and steely resolve. Once beyond the watch towers and round-the-clock patrols, Gray and almost a dozen of his half-starved fellow prisoners must then make a heroic 150 mile dash through enemy-occupied territory towards free Holland. Â Drawing on never-before-seen memoirs and letters, Neal Bascomb brings this narrative to cinematic life, amid the twilight of the British Empire and the darkest, most savage hours of the fight against Germany. At turns tragic, funny, inspirational, and nail-biting suspenseful, this is the little-known story of the biggest POW breakout of the Great War.Â Â </DIV>
Country USA
Brand HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
Manufacturer Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Brand	HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
Manufacturer	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
Format	Kindle eBook

The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War

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