The Shelburne Escape Line - Couverture souple

Hemingway-Douglass, Réanne

 
9781934199053: The Shelburne Escape Line
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ISBN 10 : 1934199052 ISBN 13 : 9781934199053
Editeur : Cave Art Press, 2014

Synopsis

"The Shelburne Line was the only Underground escape line to successfully evade the Gestapo. Allied airmen, rescued after being shot down, were taken to Paris by Resistance members where—after intense interrogation—they received new names, identity cards, clothing, training and special passes for the forbidden coastal zone in Brittany. They were hidden in "safe houses" of loyal French, waiting until a moonless night for evacuation to England via the Royal Navy's motor gunboat, MGB 503. Sixty years later, there remain WWII stories most of us have not yet heard. The Shelburne Escape Line, which is one of the most poignant, includes Luftwaffe jets attacking Allied bombers, air crews trapped behind enemy lines, secret agents, and audacious midnight rescues. Revealed here are extraordinary examples of ingenuity and quiet heroism by French civilians caught up in helping fight a ruthless enemy." Major General John D. Altenburgh Jr. United States Army, Retired

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Présentation de l'éditeur

"The Shelburne Line was the only Underground escape line to successfully evade the Gestapo. Allied airmen, rescued after being shot down, were taken to Paris by Resistance members where—after intense interrogation—they received new names, identity cards, clothing, training and special passes for the forbidden coastal zone in Brittany. They were hidden in "safe houses" of loyal French, waiting until a moonless night for evacuation to England via the Royal Navy's motor gunboat, MGB 503. Sixty years later, there remain WWII stories most of us have not yet heard. The Shelburne Escape Line, which is one of the most poignant, includes Luftwaffe jets attacking Allied bombers, air crews trapped behind enemy lines, secret agents, and audacious midnight rescues. Revealed here are extraordinary examples of ingenuity and quiet heroism by French civilians caught up in helping fight a ruthless enemy." Major General John D. Altenburgh Jr. United States Army, Retired

Biographie de l'auteur

Reanne Hemingway-Douglass received her B.A. degree in French from Pomona College, California, and attended the Universite de Grenoble, France and Claremont Graduate University. A writer, editor, cyclist, sailor, and language teacher, she is the author of numerous magazine articles on bicycling, cruising, and women's issues. Her 2003 memoir Cape Horn: One Man's Dream, One Woman's Nightmare is a classic in nautical survival literature and has been published in French and Italian. She lives in Washington State, USA.

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Éditeur
Cave Art Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1934199052
ISBN 13 
9781934199053
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Nombre de pages
224
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