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The grand escape : the greatest prison breakout of the 20th century / Neal Bascomb.
"At the height of World War I, as Allied and German forces battled in the trenches and in the air, any captured Allied soldiers and pilots were sent to a web of German prisons. The most dangerous POWs, the ones most talented at escaping, were sent to the camp of Holzminden--better known as "Hellminden." A land-locked Alcatraz of sorts, its rules enforced with cruel precision, the prison was the pride of a ruthless commandant named Karl Niemeyer. This is the story of a group of ingenious and defiant Allied soldiers and pilots who dared to escape from Holzminden, right under Niemeyer's nose. Leading a team that tunneled through the prison's foundation and far beyond its walls, these breakout artists forged documents, smuggled in supplies, and bribed guards. Twice the tunnel was almost exposed, and the whole plan foiled. But in the end, a group of ten prisoners escaped and made it out of enemy territory in the biggest POW breakout of World War I, inspiring their countrymen in the darkest hours of the fight."--Dust jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781338140347
- ISBN: 1338140345
- Physical Description: 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic Inc., 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "In association with Scholastic Focus." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247) and index. |
| Target Audience Note: | 1070L Lexile Grades 9-12. Ages 12-18 |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.8 8 197624. |
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| Genre: | Instructional and educational works. Biographies. Biography. Juvenile works. Instructional and educational works. Biographies. Young adult > nonfiction. |
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Recounts the escape from Germany's most notorious prison camp, Holzminden, by a group of Allied POWs in WWI. - Baker & Taylor
"The story of a group of Allied POWs in WWI who dared to escape from Germany's most notorious prison camp, Holzminden."--Provided by publisher. - ScholasticNeal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I.
- ScholasticNeal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I.***Three starred reviews!***Neal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I. Illustrated throughout with incredible photographs and published on the 100th anniversary of the Holzminden escape!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.
