Desperate escapes
(2009)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
Y/365.641/LEWIS,S

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Nonfiction Y/365.641/LEWIS,S Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Mankato, Minn. : Smart Apple Media, [2009]
©2009
DESCRIPTION

32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781599201580 1283720, 1599201585
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"A+."

"Experience the greatest challenges in history"--Cover

Bid for freedom -- King of escapes : Henri Charriere--Papillon, the elusive butterfly -- Escape from Stalag III : Roger Bushell and World War II heroes -- Flight from Tibet : the Dalai Lama's amazing escape to exile -- Escape from Alcatraz : the story of Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin -- Road to freedom : Dith Pran escapes the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia

Describes some of history's most famous escape attempts, detailing the lives of Henri Charriere, Roger Bushell, the Dalai Lama, Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin, Dith Pran, and others