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Author:

Lloyd, Keith Warren, author.

Title:

The great desert escape : how the flight of 25 German prisoners of war sparked one of the largest manhunts in American history / Keith Warren Lloyd. / Keith Warren Lloyd.

Publisher:

Lyons Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

261 pages illustrations ;black and white photographs 24 cm. bibliography, index

Subject:

Camp Papago Park (Ariz.)--History.
Prisoner-of-war escapes--Arizona--History--20th century.
Tunnels--Arizona--History--20th century.
Prisoners of war--Germany--History--20th century.
Prisoners of war--United States--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface: Papago Park -- The Battle of the Atlantic -- Die U-Bootwaffe -- Death of a submarine -- Post Office Box 1142 -- Execution -- Prisoners of war in America -- The land of milk and honey -- Eighty cents a day -- Run for the border -- Kapitän zur See -- Out of luck -- Inside Compound 1A -- Digging a tunnel -- The three crazy boatmen -- Sowing chaos -- Memorandum #46 -- Don't fence me in -- The devil must be loose -- Christmas Day 1944 -- Why on earth? -- Fantastic and highly improbable -- Living like Indians -- Jumping cactus -- Let the kid win -- A hell of a state of affairs -- Dereliction of duty -- Big shot -- Punishment -- Sore and disgusted -- Renewing in friendship.

Summary:

"Dramatic and exciting account of how twenty-five determined German U-Boat crewmen tunneled from American POW camp, crossed the unforgiving Arizona desert, and attempted to return battle. It was the only organized, large-scale domestic escape by foreign prisoners in U.S. history"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1493038907
9781493038909 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2018053653

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

ZXPC675 -- Fisher-Whiting Memorial Library (Mapleton)