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  • The Grand Escape: The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century (Scholastic Focus)

  • By: Neal Bascomb
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (52 ratings)

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The Grand Escape: The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century (Scholastic Focus)

By: Neal Bascomb
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Publisher's summary

Neal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I.

Published on the 100th anniversary of the Holzminden escape!

At the height of World War I, as battles raged in the trenches and in the air, another struggle for survival was being waged in the most notorious POW camp in all of Germany: Holzminden. A land-locked Alcatraz of sorts, it was home to the most troublesome Allied prisoners - and the most talented at escape.

The Grand Escape tells the remarkable tale of a band of pilots who pulled off an ingenious plan and made it out of enemy territory in the biggest breakout of WWI, inspiring their countrymen in the darkest hours of the war.

©2018 Neal Bascomb (P)2018 Scholastic Inc.
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The Grandest EScape

Truly a great story told by a story great story teller. The heroics ,resolve and humor of desperate men who overcame tremendous odds to rejoin the fight. Kudos to these brave heroes May lord hold them in the palm of his hands.

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exciting and moving

a great listen. plenty of wwi background to set scene but doesn't get bogged down. loved insights into individual escapees.

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Good story, bad writing.

The book just wasn’t very engaging and the authors voice made it ten times worse.

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