Awards
- Joint winner of Libris Awards Non-fiction Book of the Year 2014 (Canada)
- Winner of Libris Awards (Nonfiction) 2014
Overview
Joint-Winner of the Libris Award for Non-fiction Book of the Year 2014 On the night of March 24, 1944, 80 Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 336-foot-long tunnel and slipped into the forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft III, a German POW compound near Sagan, Poland. The event became known as The Great Escape, an intricate breakout more than a year in the making, involving as many as 2,000 POWs working with extraordinary coordination, intelligence, and daring. Yet within a few days, all but three of the escapees were recaptured. Subsequently, 50 were murdered, cremated, and buried in a remote corner of the prison camp. But most don't know the real story behind The Great Escape. Now, on the eve of its 70th anniversary, Ted Barris writes of the key players in the escape attempt, those who got away, those who didn't, and their families at home. Barris marshals groundbreaking research into a compelling firsthand account. For the first time, The Great Escape retells one of the most astonishing episodes in WWII directly through the eyes of those who experienced it.
Full Product Details
Author: Ted Barris
Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
Imprint: Dundurn Group Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.653kg
ISBN: 9781771022729
ISBN 10: 1771022728
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 14 November 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Military historian Ted Barris's seventeenth book of non-fiction...follows his well-honed and highly successful approach of combining vivid characters with thumping narrative. -- Globe and Mail Barris's re-examination is both timely and fascinating. -- Publishers Weekly No one tells these stories better than [Ted Barris]. -- Matt Galloway, host of Metro Morning, CBC Radio Forget Steve McQueen New Book tells of Canadian Contribution to the Great Escape - Sept 7, 2013 Ottawacitizen.com (Canada) Defence Watch news blog. How we remember; In literary form, the Second World War has lost none of its power to fascinate and horrify. - Globe and Mail (Canada) Dec 2013
Military historian Ted Barris's seventeenth book of non-fiction...follows his well-honed and highly successful approach of combining vivid characters with thumping narrative. -- Globe and Mail Barris's re-examination is both timely and fascinating. -- Publishers Weekly
Author Information
Ted Barris is an accomplished author, journalist and broadcaster. As well as hosting stints on CBC Radio and regular contributions to The Globe and Mail, the National Post, and various national magazines, he is a full-time professor of journalism at Centennial College in Toronto. Barris has authored seventeen non-fiction books, including the national bestsellers Victory at Vimy and Juno.
