A prisoner's duty
Subtitle: great escapes in U.S. military history
By: Robert C. Doyle.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Escapes -- United States -- History.; Prisoners of war -- United States -- History.; Prisoner-of-war escapes.; United States -- History, Military.
Description: "Concentrating on the American character held hostage, Doyle combed official and private archives as well as unpublished diaries, letters, and memoirs to find exciting stories of individuals, famous and unknown, who risked their lives and those of others to escape." The escapes range from the American Revolution, the Mexican War, the Civil War, "wars of the twentieth century, and the smaller conflicts." He also includes accounts of the Underground Railway, settlers and traders escaping Indians, and journalists and government officials eluding terrorist captors all over the globe."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-361) and index.