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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
vii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The formidable Dartmoor Prison was the first permanent facility for prisoners of war on British soil. Known as the 'hated cage,' American captives--Black and white--from the War of 1812 languished in it for years, even after the war ended, stewing in frustration and rage. Although the prisoners had been racially integrated as sailors on American naval ships, Dartmoor became deeply segregated, like the United States itself. Then, on April 6, 1815,...
Author
Publisher
Image
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of a priest captured by the Russian army during World War II, convicted of being a "Vatican spy," and sentenced to twenty-three years in Soviet prisons and labor camps in Siberia. -- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 743 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the sobering history of World War II's largest female concentration camp, revealing the torturous experiences and deaths of thousands of women prisoners of more than twenty nationalities.
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates the story of eight American airmen who were shot down over Chichi Jima during World War II, one of whom was rescued and later became president of the United States, and the other seven who were captured by Japanese troops.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles Churchill's life at the time of the Boer War when he was captured and taken prisoner. He pulled off a daring escape, after which he enlisted and then went back to liberate the others that had been captured with him. Millard presents an epic story of bravery, savagery and chance encounters with historical characters such as Rudyard Kipling and Mohandas Ghandi that would shape Churchill's future.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xi, 270 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Details the history of the U.S. Navy submarine Tang in the Pacific theater of World War II, the explosion that led to its sinking, the ordeal of its surviving crew members and their capture by the Japanese, followed by months of brutal captivity.
Author
Publisher
Caliber
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the heroic story of eleven American prisoners of war who escaped certain death after years of slave labor, starvation, and torture, celebrating their endurance, determination, and courage.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
250 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
New York Times journalist and bestselling author Joe Drape takes us inside the modern-day process of the making of a saint -- part biography of a wartime adventurer Father Emil Kapaun, part detective story, and part journey of faith.