Gunther Pluschow: Airman, Escaper, Explorer - Couverture rigide

Rippon, Anton

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848841329 ISBN 13 : 9781848841321

Editeur : Pen & Sword Military, 2010

Synopsis

Gunther Plüschow of the German Imperial Navy holds a unique place in history- during the First World War he became the only German prisoner of war ever to escape from the British mainland and make it all the way back to the Fatherland. Yet, although his daring break for freedom n 1915 is astonishing in its own right, Plüschow was much more than simply an escaped POW. He was also a fearless aviator who, single-handedly, flew against the British and Japanese on Germany's besieged Far East colony of Tsingtao, and he was an explorer. After the war, he set sail for the southernmost tip of South America to explore what was then a largely unknown region of the world until his tragic death in 1931, when his parachute failed to open following a mid-air accident over the Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia.

In Gunther Plüschow: Airman, Escaper, Explorer, Anton Rippon tells this extraordinary tale in vivid detail: the mandarin who had Plüschow escorted to Shanghai; the safe house where he pretended to be mad in order to fool his neighbour; the journey across America where he was feted as a celebrity; his recapture at Gibraltar; his escape from a POW camp in the Midlands; and his subsequent hair-raising escape by stowing away on a Holland-bound ferry. And, of course, the book covers Plüschow's post-war adventures when he became the first man to see Tierra del Fuego- his land of 'incredible and savage beauty'- from he air.

Gunther Plüschow: Airman, Escaper, Explorer is a tale that would do justice to the best adventure fiction- except that every word of it is true.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Anton Rippon is an experienced journalist, author and publisher whose work has appeared in many publications including The Times, Independent, Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian. His many books include Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War and Hitler's Olympics: The story of the 1936 Nazi Games which The Spectator described as 'startlingly good and vividly Illuminating.' He has also written documentary scripts for BBC Radio on subjects as diverse as football and the Second World War.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pen & Sword Military
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848841329
• ISBN 13: 9781848841321
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible