Research Catalog

Title

Escape from Davao : the forgotten story of the most daring prison break of the Pacific war / John D. Lukacs.

Author

Lukacs, John D.

Publication

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.

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Details

Description

xiii, 433 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

Documents the escape of ten American prisoners of war from a World War II Japanese prison camp in the Philippines, describing the inhumane conditions they endured and the political struggle that influenced their return home.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
• World War, 1939-1945 > Davao City
• Prisoner-of-war escapes > Davao City > History > 20th century
• Escaped prisoners of war > United States > Biography
• Escaped prisoners of war > Davao City > Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Philippines
• Guerrillas > Philippines > History > 20th century
• Soldiers > United States > Biography
• Davao City (Philippines) > History, Military > 20th century
• Philippines > History > Japanese occupation, 1942-1945

Genre/Form

• collective biographies.
• Biographies
• History
• Military history
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-413) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Prologue -- pt. 1. War -- Ten pesos -- A long war -- The raid -- God help them -- pt. 2. Hell -- The hike -- Good bye and good luck -- A rumor -- The Erie Maru -- A Christmas dream -- A big crowd -- The plan -- Cat-and-mouse -- pt. 3. Freedom -- A miracle -- Another gamble -- Unexplored -- Little time to rest -- A story that should be told -- Duty -- Greater love hath no man -- Legacies -- Conditional victory -- Epilogue -- Glossary.

ISBN

• 9780743262781
• 0743262786
• 9781439180433 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
• 1439180431 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2010003238

OCLC

464593097

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library