

Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket.


Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. The inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Steve McQueen, 'The Great Escape' chronicles the largest Allied escape attempt-using their bare hands and crude homemade tools to dig their way out-from a German POW camp during World War II. Made into the classic movie starring Steve McQueen. 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. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance. 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 were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. One of the great true stories of the war, and one of the greatest escape narratives of all time.Paperback. puts the average war book so far in the shadow it's not even funny.- "Dallas Times Herald"įor sheer suspense, puts the fictioneers to shame.- "Boston Globe" Made into the classic 1963 war film of the same name starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough.Ībsorbing.

About the Book The inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Steve McQueen, "The Great Escape" chronicles the largest Allied escape attempt-using their bare hands and crude homemade tools to dig their way out-from a German POW camp during World War II.
